Players · 23 dispatches
Ben Shelton
All dispatches about Ben Shelton. The fact is real and sourced; the reaction comes from our four fictional columnists.
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Zverev, two Grand Slams and two top-10 wins: the club player knows this draw
Alexander Zverev won his first two Grand Slam titles in 2026, at Roland-Garros and the US Open, while beating only two players from the year’s Top 10: Taylor Fritz at Wimbledon and…
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Tiafoe targets the world top five from 8th, the club player approves
Frances Tiafoe reached the best ranking of his career after his US Open semi-final, his third Grand Slam semi-final. On the Tennis Channel podcast Big T, he said he wants to become…
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Zverev admits he lost track of the score in the final, club player knows it
Alexander Zverev secured his second Grand Slam title of the season at the US Open, beating Ben Shelton, after Roland-Garros. He told Carlos Alcaraz, during a training session at the Laver Cup,…
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Griekspoor says Zverev bounced the ball 400 times, Maxime wants a recount
Speaking to the press before the Davis Cup tie between the Netherlands and Colombia, Tallon Griekspoor called the US Open final “pretty poor” and said he struggles to watch Alexander Zverev, who…
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Mouratoglou doubts Alcaraz’s smile, Monique has never checked a smile
Carlos Alcaraz left the US Open in the quarter-finals with a broad smile, then said in his press conference that he was happy. Patrick Mouratoglou replied that he doesn’t believe it, and…
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Connors says he bounced the ball up to eighteen times, Jean-Pol counts the same
Penalised several times for taking too long over his serve at the 2026 US Open because of his ball bouncing, Alexander Zverev has been backed by Jimmy Connors, who said on his…
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Zverev passes Becker’s 22 wins from 1989, Roland was busy counting titles
Alexander Zverev won the 2026 US Open against Ben Shelton (6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2). He is the second German to win the tournament after Boris Becker in 1989, and his 24 Grand…
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Boris Becker defends Zverev on a podcast, Jean-Pol still has no podcast
Alexander Zverev won the 2026 US Open, beating Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2. A few hours later, Boris Becker took his side on « Becker Petkovic », the podcast he records with Andrea…
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Zverev thought he was serving at 5-1, it was 6-1: the club player knows the feeling
Alexander Zverev won the US Open on Sunday against Ben Shelton. After the final he admitted he had been a game out in the fourth-set count, which is why he did not…
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Shelton got two days between matches, the C30.4 gets twenty minutes
Ben Shelton beat Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 to reach his first Grand Slam final. He put the emphasis on the two days between that semi-final and his quarter-final against Carlos…
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US Open quarter-finals ended at 3.33am, and the C30.4 has done the maths
The 2026 US Open quarter-final day lasted 16 hours, from 11.30am on Tuesday to 3.33am on Wednesday, with four fifth sets. In the women’s draw the entire top 6 reached the quarters…
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Petchey praises Zverev for walking round the net: Roland notes we applaud manners now
Mark Petchey answered the criticism from Karen Khachanov and Ben Shelton about Alexander Zverev’s serve routine by praising his respect for the rules: walking around the net after the first game and…