By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday Might 26, 2025
Ben Shelton has at all times prided himself on his physicality. On Sunday night time he used stated physicality to win his first ever five-setter on clay at Roland-Garros.
Enjoying within the first night time session of this 12 months’s French Open, Shelton bought previous Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, to achieve the second spherical at Roland-Garros for the second consecutive 12 months.
The match was a rematch of this 12 months’s Australian Open quarterfinal, additionally gained by Shelton.
Shelton rallied from two units to at least one down, utilizing his forehand to nice impact as he wore down Sonego.
He cranked 20 forehand winners, 12 of them coming within the last two units.
The American southpaw, ranked 13, is now 7-3 lifetime in three setters.
Tommy Paul, Reilly Opelka, Emilio Nava, Frances Tiafoe and Jenson Brooksby additionally superior for the American males on Day 1 in Paris.
