Ever since Ben Shelton stepped onto the tennis world, he became the talk of the town, where some of them even labeled him to be the next big thing in American tennis. The 22-year-old made his professional debut in 2022, and guess what? A year later, he reached the SF of the US Open. But when asked about his tennis goals, he had said that he doesn’t want to set a specific ranking goal because he feels that way, he could limit himself or his ceiling. So for him, the real goal was “showing up to tournaments and competing for titles.” So far in his career, Shelton has managed to win two titles in the singles events, but the 2025 season has gone pretty well for the American!
Although he’s yet to win a title this year, the current world number 7, Ben Shelton, had made it to the SF of the 2025 AO and then later on, he also reached the QF of Wimbledon. Shortly after the Wimbledon Championships, he came inches closer to lifting the title at the Citi Open, but he was defeated by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina by straight sets. Following that, Shelton has now yet again managed to get back to winning tracks at the Canadian Open. After defeating Adrian Mannarino in the first round (R64) by 6-2,6-3, he has now secured a hard-fought victory against his compatriot, Brandon Nakashima, in the next round.
He defeated Nakashima by 6(8)-7,6-2,7-6(5) in this match, and with this win, he has now set up a clash with in-form Flavio Cobolli in the R16. But what did Ben Shelton say after this win? Following this match against Nakashima, Shelton opened up on his higher ambitions in this tournament. In his post-match interview, he said, “Yeah, for sure I always wanna go one step further than the year before…given to the deeper parts of the tournament, sometimes in tennis we always try to compete for titles. At the Masters 1000, I haven’t had that sweet spot yet, but I’m getting closer and closer, and matches like these certainly help.”
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