Shelton gives Ferrero a joy towards Alcaraz in Paris

The American Ben Shelton24 years old and world No. 4, qualified for the final of the ATP Masters 1000 in Paris, this Sunday at 3 in the afternoon, after ending the last French hope, Luca Van Assche, by 5-7, 6-3 and 6-4 in 2h.15′. In a comeback from a set down and from 1-3 in the third set.

A joy for Juan Carlos Ferrerowho will join Ben Shelton’s team in the preseason, whose main coach is his father Bryan, who is in the box in the French capital with his wife, Lisa Witsken, sister of a former elite doubles player and frequent follower of his son.

Ben Shelton has been revived in this indoor hard court in Paris. After the US Open final, where he beat Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals and lost to Alexander Zverev In the direct fight for the trophy, they had lost four of their next six matches.

He has woken up in time to play his sixth final of the season, against the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, with the Ferrero factor still indirectly hovering, or the Norwegian Casper Ruud.

Shelton, champion in Dallas, Munich, Stuttgart and Montreal, enters his eleventh professional final. He competes well, his balance is 7-3, 2 out of 2 in Masters 1000.

Van Assche, 22 years old and number 47, weathered well the favorable environment, very tense when he saw himself with real options to spring another surprise. But from breaking 3-1 in the third set he went on to find himself down 3-5, a resounding partial (4-0) from the more experienced Shelton.

The American, who will be at the ATP Finals in Turin next, reacted to adversity, getting on the nerves of former junior world number one Van Assche.