2023-09-06 05:03:00
Ben Shelton daydreams. The world No. 47 defeated Frances Tiafoe 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7) and 6-2 to reach the semifinals of his favorite tournament: the US Open.
In this way, he reached the group of the last four for the first time in a Major to become the youngest American to do so in New York in 31 years: the former was Michael Chang en 1992.
Ben Shelton, in a real dream. Getty
With his performance at the US Open, this is the first year that Ben Shelton has played all 4 Grand Slams in the same season. He debuted at the 2022 US Open and so far his record is 10-4.
Shelton won a crucial tie-break in the third set and then pulled away in the fourth set to resolve in unusual fashion for his youth in a historic two-man first Grand Slam quarterfinal of the Open era. african american.
At this point, Shelton is not afraid: now he is going for Novak Djokovic, no less.
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It was a special quarterfinal with the locals, with three men in the quarterfinals (Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Ben Shelton) for the first time since 2005 (Andre Agassi, Robby Ginepri, James Blake).
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