A day after ending off a second spherical of Wimbledon match in a few minute, American Ben Shelton was extraordinarily environment friendly towards Merton Fuccovis on Saturday, profitable straight units to achieve the sixteenth spherical on the All-England Membership for the second yr in a row.
Shelton, who performed semifinals on the Australian Open and Roland Garros within the fourth spherical on the age of twenty-two, is the youngest American man to look in three huge spherical rounds in a yr since Andy Roddick did so shortly after his twenty second birthday.
Shelton additionally turned the fourth American within the final 20 years, profitable his first three Wimbledon matches in straight units, following Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz in 2022 and Roddick in 2007.
Shelton, who not too long ago fell a high ten within the ATP, is the one American with Fritz remaining within the draw. They’re on the opposite facet, with the fifth seed Fritz set to face Australia’s Jordan Thompson on Sunday, and shall be competing within the fourth spherical spot.
“I had a lot enjoyable,” Shelton mentioned of his 6-3, 7-6 (4) and 6-2 victory. “It is at all times a particular play at Wimbledon… Court docket 1 is a particular court docket.”
He then added, “I am making an attempt to make a method to middle the courts – I will in all probability get there sometime.”
All through three video games on the All-England Membership, Shelton performed 6 hours and 41 minutes. His opponent within the subsequent spherical, Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego, performed 5 hours and 4 minutes on Saturday alone, and spent 9 hours and 49 minutes in court docket for the match.
Shelton and Sonego performed within the French Open final time, with the People profitable in 5 units.
ESPN analysis contributed to this report.
