Ben Shelton Makes History, Reaches First ATP Tour Final

American tennis professional Ben Shelton has reached a final on the ATP Tour for the first time in his career.

The young star won his semi-final against compatriot Marcos Giron at the tournament in Tokyo 6:7 (2:7), 7:6 (7:5), 6:4 and will face Russian Aslan Karatsev, the local hero Shintaro, in the final on Sunday Defeated Mochizuki 6:3, 6:4.

In Japan, Shelton only played the second semi-final of his young career. At the beginning of September he surprisingly made it into the top four at the US Open in New York, but the 21-year-old failed at the eventual winner Novak Djokovic.

After several favorites had said goodbye early on from the tournament, which was endowed with a good two million dollars, the world number 19 was. Shelton went into the semifinals as the highest ranked player.

2023-10-21 13:59:00
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