In a current interview with Tennis Channel, Ben Shelton threw down the gauntlet to Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, the 2 dominators of 2024.
The younger American warned each the Spaniard and the Italian that the group of American tennis gamers is doing nice issues and is getting there.
“The current American group is doing better and better every year. You saw Taylor Fritz at the US Open this year, you saw Frances Tiafoe in the semifinals as well. I was in the semifinals last year and I think we are continuing to improve. We have a Spaniard and an Italian to chase ahead of us but we are getting there, we are definitely getting there,” he stated.
Alcaraz and Shelton performed an exhibition match at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York the opposite evening. Bought out for an excellent success of the initiative with Alcaraz who gained 4-6, 6-2, 10-7 within the ultimate tremendous tie break.
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The American tennis participant talked in regards to the state-of-the-art of American tennis after which launched his warning to Carlitos and Jannik. Speaking about his state of affairs and that of the opposite prime US athletes, he states that everybody has their eyes firmly set on the Grand Slam tournaments.
Let’s keep in mind that Jannik Sinner has gained 2 Slams in his profession and Carlos Alcaraz is already at 4.Within the nation of Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Jim Courier to call only a few of the latest Slam champions – a males’s Slam title has been lacking since 2003, when Andy Roddick gained the US Open. Since then, no American participant has managed to raise the trophy of one of many 4 Majors.
Shelton, Fritz and Tiafoe above all, will attempt to obtain this precedence aim sooner or later.
We recall Shelton performed two finals in 2024: he gained the U.S. Males’s Clay Court docket Championships, in Houston, towards his countryman Tiafoe and he misplaced the Swiss Indoors, in Basel, towards the younger French rising star Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.
