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Tennis-Shelton gets one up on dad as he battles to Wimbledon quarter-finals

ReutersJul 7, 2025 5:46 PM

By Mitch Phillips

- American 10th seed Ben Shelton reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the first time on Monday when a 3-6 6-1 7-6 (1) 7-5 victory over Italian Lorenzo Sonego also gave him the family bragging rights.

Thirty-one years ago Shelton’s father and current coach Bryan lost 10-8 in the fifth set to Christian Bergstrom in the last 16 at Wimbledon in what proved the high-point of his Grand Slam career.

Shelton junior, who has previously reached the semis at the Australian and U.S. Opens, was a little ragged as he dropped his first set of the tournament, but the powerful left-hander found his length and attacked the net more in a dominant second set, and then raced through a third-set tie-break.

Shelton, 22, who beat Sonego at the Australian and French Opens this year, completed the hat-trick after a superb final game to break, roaring in triumph.

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