Within the second semifinal of the Australian Open 2025, the US rising star Ben Shelton was one step away from successful the primary set, with two set factors together with his serve in his favor, however Jannik Sinner managed to show the tide of the set, and dominate the remainder of the match, lastly triumphing with the ultimate rating of 7-6(2) 6-2 6-2.
The younger American’s dream of reaching his first profession Slam last and beating the Italian, who’s at present unbeatable within the Majors on arduous courts, lasted slightly below a set.
On the press convention, the 22-year-old American expressed his remorse for the end result of the match and for not with the ability to capitalize on his alternatives.
“Honestly, I’m very disappointed. You go in knowing that playing against Jannik is difficult. I’ve made my living on the Tour knowing how to close out sets, having two set points on my serve, it’s really uncharacteristic of me to not win the first set. Obviously, playing against the world number one, you have very few chances.
Sometimes you miss chances and the opponent raises the level. Today I did some things well. I’ll have to look at the match stats, it was probably one of my worst days of service in this tournament, which is disappointing,” he stated.
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Shelton then analyzed his degree in comparison with the very best tennis gamers on the ATP Tour, inserting himself alongside Jannik, Carlitos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic.
“I know I’m close, my level is close. I know I have a lot of things that I need. I believe in myself. The goal for this year is to play every tournament or every two weeks. The greats, Sinner, Alcaraz, Novak, on their bad days win in three or four sets, solving the problems. I’m getting close to being able to do that. I’m disappointed because I wanted to see how the match ended. If I win the first set and it gets to the fourth or fifth. The next time I have a set point, I’ll go and hit the ace,” defined the American.
On his bodily situation, the American analyzed: “We all have something, we are in the semifinals of a Grand Slam, we have played a lot of sets. He has played the fewest sets, but I have not had five-set matches either. These are normal things. I was treated a little on the leg in the change of sides, he was treated a little on the leg too. It’s part of the sport, these are things that you have to deal with as you progress in the tournament, nothing serious.”
