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News January 22, 2025

Ben Shelton rips Australian Open broadcasting: ‘Advised me Gael Monfils could also be your dad’

Ben Shelton rips Australian Open broadcasting: ‘Advised me Gael Monfils could also be your dad’
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Ben Shelton took a second throughout his Australian Open post-match presser to name out this yr’s on-court interviewers because the world No. 20 thinks a few of the feedback made towards him and different gamers have been plain disrespectful and mockery.

As you most likely know, Novak Djokovic made all of the headlines on Sunday when he refused to present an on-court interview as a result of he was boycotting Channel 9 over “disrespectful” feedback that their host Tony Jones made concerning the Serb and his followers. 

Whereas the apology has been issued and the incident has since been resolved, Shelton thinks a few of the disrespectful stuff continues.

On Wednesday, the American tennis star beat Lorenzo Sonego 6-4 7-5 4-6 7-6 (4) to succeed in his first semifinal at Melbourne Park.

Later when talking to studies, the 22-year-old famous that he wasn’t joyful when an interviewer informed him two days earlier that 38-year-old Gael Monfils was “old enough to be your dad” or as we speak after he was informed that nobody would root for him in his semifinal in opposition to Jannik Sinner or Alex de Minaur. 

Shelton: The Djokovic case wasn’t the one occasion of a participant being informed one thing disrespectful

“I don’t suppose that the man who mocked Novak, I don’t suppose that was only a single occasion. I’ve observed it with completely different individuals, not simply myself,” the 22-year-ol

“I noticed it with Learner Tien in one of his matches. I think when he beat [Daniil] Medvedev, his post-match interview, I thought it was kind of embarrassing and disrespectful that interview.

“There are some comments that have been made to me in post-match interviews by a couple of different guys, whether it was, ‘Hey, Monfils is old enough to be your dad. Maybe he is your dad’.

“Or today on the court, ‘Hey Ben, how does it feel that no matter who you play in your next match, no one is going to be cheering for you?’”

Ben Shelton and on-court interviewer© Australian Open/YouTube

 

After making his level clear, Shelton famous that it “may be true” that he will not have many supporters in his subsequent match however underlined that it wasn’t one thing that ought to have been stated to him by somebody he would not even know.

Additionally, he urged the broadcasters to work collectively on serving to tennis develop.

In the meantime, Shelton will play subsequent in opposition to Sinner, who beat de Minaur in three units.

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