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Ben Shelton wins in four sets to reach third round of US OpenEighth-seeded Ben Shelton delivered 44 winners on Wednesday while notching a 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-5 victory over Poland's Hubert Hurkacz to advance to the third round of the U.S. Open in New York.,Shelton was pushed as Hurkacz won the second set before the American pulled through in a third-set tieb...

Carlos Alcaraz enjoys triumphant return at US OpenCarlos Alcaraz played a competitive singles match for the first time in more than four months and did not appear to miss a beat, prevailing 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 over Russia's Roman Safiullin to begin his U.S. Open title defense Monday in New York.,Before the final Grand Slam of the season, the Spaniard had...

ATP roundup: Ben Shelton holds off qualifier in WashingtonSecond-seeded Ben Shelton survived a stiff test from qualifier Martin Damm on Tuesday, winning an all-U.S. matchup 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the first round of the Mubadala DC Open in Washington.,Shelton broke serve to end his first match since he took a marathon five-set loss against Finland's Otto Virtanen...

No. 4 seed Ben Shelton stunned by qualifier; No. 2 Alexander Zverev advances

Fourth-seeded American Ben Shelton was upset by Finland's unseeded Otto Virtanen in a five-set marathon in the first round of Wimbledon on Tuesday.,Shelton, a quarterfinalist at the All England Club last year, rebounded from dropping the first set to take the next two. But Virtanen, ranked 140th in ...

Ben Shelton stunned by qualifier in Wimbledon opener

Fourth-seeded American Ben Shelton was upset by Finland's unseeded Otto Virtanen in a five-set marathon in the first round of Wimbledon on Tuesday.,Shelton, a quarterfinalist at the All England Club last year, rebounded from dropping the first set to take the next two. But Virtanen refused to give i...

ATP roundup: Thiago Agustin Tirante upsets Ben Shelton in Houston

ATP No. 83 Thiago Agustin Tirante of Argentina rallied from a first-set disappointment on Friday to upset top-seeded Ben Shelton at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston.,Shelton pulled out a 7-6 (5) win in a hotly contested first set before Tirante rebounded to win the next two, 6-3 and...

Ex-champ Stan Wawrinka makes history at Australian Open

Stan Wawrinka is making his final Australian Open a historic one.,The 40-year-old from Switzerland, who won his first Grand Slam title in Melbourne in 2014 and plans to retire after this season, became the oldest man to reach the third round of the tournament since 1978 with his 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, ...

Novak Djokovic, Lorenzo Musetti head to 3rd round in Melbourne

All seven seeded players advanced in the Thursday afternoon session of the Australian Open in Melbourne, including 10-time tournament champion Novak Djokovic.,The fourth-seeded Serbian eased past Italian qualifier Francesco Maestrelli 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in second-round action. Djokovic had a 10-5 edge in...