Episode 2318
Ben Shelton (tennis)
Thu, 2023-Sep-07 02:02 UTC
Length - 2:24
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With 441,153 views on Wednesday, 6 September 2023 our article of the day is Ben Shelton (tennis).
Benjamin Todd Shelton (born October 9, 2002) is an American professional tennis player. Shelton has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 35 achieved on May 8, 2023. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 80 achieved on August 21, 2023.
Shelton won the 2016 USTA junior national championship in doubles. He played college tennis for the Florida Gators. As a true freshman in 2021, he clinched the Gators’ first team national championship with his victory at fifth singles; the following year, he won the men's singles title at the 2022 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships. That same year, he was named the ITA National Player of the Year. He made his ATP debut in July 2022 at the Atlanta Open where he defeated Ramkumar Ramanathan. The next week, he played in the Cincinnati Masters reaching the third round highlighted by a win over world No. 5 Casper Ruud. In August 2022, Shelton announced he would be turning professional, and the following year he reached the Australian Open quarterfinals and the US Open semifinals.
In January 2023, Shelton reached the quarterfinals of his first Grand Slam, at the 2023 Australian Open. Later that year in September, he made his first appearance in the semifinals of a Grand Slam at the 2023 US Open.
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