20-xyoo-laus Ben Shelton Txaus siab rau 'Lub Sij Hawm Tsis Muaj Peev Xwm' Raws li 4 Tus Txiv Neej Asmeskas ncav cuag Australian Qhib 4th Round

Ib xyoo dhau los, Ben Shelton yog ib tug kawm qib kaum ob hauv University of Florida uas tau nyob qib 569 hauv ntiaj teb thiab nws txoj kev mus yeej NCAA singles championship lub Tsib Hlis.

Tom qab ntaus Fabkis Open khiav-up Casper Ruud hauv Cincinnati lub Yim Hli kawg, nws tig pro ua ntej US Open.

Los rau hauv Australian Open, nws tau khwv tau qis dua $ 300,000 hauv cov nyiaj ua haujlwm khoom plig. Tab sis tom qab kov yeej Australian wildcard thiab lub teb chaws nyiam Alexei Popyrin, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-4, Shelton tau mus rau qhov thib plaub hauv nws thawj Australian Qhib. Qeb No. 89, nws muaj peev xwm ntau dua ob npaug ntawm nws cov nyiaj khwv tau los nrog kev yeej hauv nws qhov kev sib tw tom ntej tawm tsam cov phooj ywg Asmeskas JJ Wolf. Quarterfinalists yuav khwv tau $372,956.

Shelton "Nws zoo li zoo," Shelton hais tias. “Kuv hais hauv lub tsev hais plaub tias nws yog lub sijhawm me me. Kev paub tsis tseeb tawm ntawm lub tsev hais plaub hnub no nrog cov neeg Aussie ntawd. Nws yog kev lom zem heev uas tau tawm mus, thiab kuv zoo siab tau mus ntxiv. "

Shelton yog ib tug ntawm plaub tus txiv neej Asmeskas mus rau qhov kawg 16, nrog rau Hma, Tommy Paul thiab No. 29 Sebastian Korda, leej twg chim siab xyoo tas los tus khiav, No.7 Daniil Medvedev.

Tsis muaj tus txiv neej Asmeskas tau yeej qhov tseem ceeb txij li Andy Roddick ntawm 2001 US Open.

Hma, uas ua si sib koom ua ke ntawm Ohio State thiab tam sim no nyob rau qib 67, xa cov phooj ywg Asmeskas Michael Mmoh, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2.

Paul, uas yog keeb kwm los ntawm South Jersey thiab tam sim no tsheb ciav hlau hauv Florida, tsoo cov phooj ywg Asmeskas Jenson Brooksby, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3, tom qab Brooksby tau chim Ruud nyob rau hauv lub thib ob puag ncig. Brooksby tau cuam tshuam nrog sab laug dab teg raug mob uas yuav tsum tau kaw, thiab kuj tshwm sim qeeb hauv nws lub zog.

Tom ntej no rau Paul yog No. 24 Roberto Bautisa Agut, uas xaus Andy Murray txoj kev khiav, 6-1 6-7(7) 6-3, 6-4, tom qab Murray yeej rov qab tsib-setters dhau Matteo Berrettini thiab Thanasi Kokkinakis. Murray, 35-xyoo-laus Brit nrog lub ntsej muag dag, siv sijhawm 14 teev, 4 feeb hauv tsev hais plaub thaum lub sijhawm kev sib tw, tab sis yeej yuav tsum xav zoo txog nws txoj haujlwm mus tom ntej.

John McEnroe nyiam Paul mus dhau Bautista Agut thiab tom qab ntawd tus yeej ntawm Shelton-Wolf matchup mus txog lub semifinals, qhov chaw uas nws muaj peev xwm ntsib No. 4 noob thiab cuaj-lub sij hawm champion Novak Djokovic. Djokovic tau nce qib 27 Grigor Dimitrov, 7-6(7), 6-3, 6-4, mus txog nws qhov 15th Australian Open quarterfinal.

"Tam sim no nws tau txais nws tus kheej zoo heev," McEnroe hais txog Paul ntawm ESPN. "Hauv kuv phau ntawv, tus yeej ntawm qhov kev sib tw no [nrog Bautista Agut], semifinals. Nov yog lub sijhawm zoo rau Paul. "

Tsis zoo li Shelton, Hma thiab Brooksby, uas tau mus rau Baylor tab sis tsis tau ua si, Paul tau ncaj qha mus rau qhov zoo thiab tsis tau ntaus pob ntaus pob hauv tsev kawm qib siab.

Shelton tau cob qhia hauv Florida los ntawm nws txiv, Bryan, uas tau mus txog kev ua haujlwm siab ntawm No. 55 hauv xyoo 1992. Ben Shelton hu nws txiv tom qab yeej qhov kawg.

"Nws zoo siab heev," nws hais. "Nws zoo li 5:40 nyob ntawd, thiab lawv muaj kev sib tw hnub no, pab pawg ua. Yog li kuv xav tias kuv messed nws lub sijhawm pw tsaug zog me ntsis. Nws tseem muaj nws lub siab analytical mus thiab tham nrog kuv txog tej yam uas kuv tau ua tau zoo heev hnub no thiab ob peb yam uas kuv yuav ua tau zoo me ntsis. Yog li, yog, nws zoo siab tag nrho. "

Shelton ntaus 34 tus yeej thiab ua rau tsuas yog 25 qhov tsis raug yuam kev tawm tsam Popyrin, uas chim siab Taylor Fritz, tus neeg Amelikas sab saum toj hauv thawj puag ncig. Nws hloov dua siab tshiab ob ntawm nws yim lub ntsiab lus so thiab yeej 87% ntawm nws thawj cov ntsiab lus.

"Kuv tau hais rau kuv tus kheej tias kuv xav muab kuv tus kheej ntau lub teeb ntsuab hnub no thaum kuv ua si, tsis txhob ua siab deb ntawm nruab nrab ntawm cov ntsiab lus tab sis tiag tiag mus rau kuv qhov kev txhaj tshuaj me ntsis ntxiv thiab ua rau qee qhov yuam kev thiab paub tias nws yog. yuav them nyiaj rau lub sijhawm ntev, "Shelton hais. "Kuv xav tias kuv daig rau txoj kev npaj hnub no thiab ua tiav zoo."

Shelton tau nce mus rau No. 65 hauv ATP Live Rankings thiab tam sim no yuav ntsib lwm tus neeg Asmeskas hauv Hma rau qhov chaw hauv quarterfinals.

“Peb yog phooj ywg zoo, nyiam tso dag ntau heev, muaj ntau chav locker banter. Yog li nws yog ib tug txiv neej zoo, "Shelton hais. "Zoo siab heev uas tuaj yeem ua si nws, thiab kuv xav tias nws yog qhov kev sib tw uas cov neeg coob coob yuav txaus siab rau."