ATP Finals 2025: Shelton sharpened his brutal reality against members of the top 3 in the world ranking

ByDavid Mitchell
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Despite being among the great appearances of recent seasons, the American Ben Shelton (5th) has not yet managed to decipher the riddle against the members of the top 3 in the world rankinggroup versus the one that does not record triumphs and worsened its brutal reality by losing 6-3 and 7-6 (5) against the Italian Jannik Sinner (2nd) at the closing of his participation in the ATP Finals 2025.

Those 3,970 points totaled during the current calendar, highlighting the title at the Toronto Masters 1000, as well as the runner-up at the ATP 500 in Munich, the semifinals at the Australian Open, and the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, Indian Wells, Cincinnati and Paris, allowed the 23-year-old born in Atlanta to place himself in fifth place and make his absolute debut at the prestigious event held in Turin, Italy.

However, the powerful left-hander would not enjoy the best debut on the indoor courts of the Inalpi Arena, where he would total only one break point opportunity, would succumb in just over an hour and a half of play, and would not be able to break the incredible current situation on the courts. indoor from the former number 1 on the planet, who has recorded 29 successes in a row on the surface and now leads 8-1 in history with each other, failing only within the framework of the 2023 Shanghai Masters 1000.

In this way, the owner of three titles on the men’s circuit would suffer his 16th defeat against the three best in the order, considering that he had previously lost to the Norwegian Casper Ruud in Barcelona 2023 (3rd), the Serbian Novak Djokovic in US Open 2023 (2nd), the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz in Toronto 2023 (1st), Laver Cup 2024 (1st) and Roland Garros 2025 (1st), the German Alexander Zverev in Munich 2025 (3rd), Stuttgart 2025 (3rd), Cincinnati 2025 (3rd) and ATP Finals 2025 (3rd) and the aforementioned Sinner in Indian Wells 2024 (3rd), Wimbledon 2024 (1st), Shanghai 2024 (1st), Australian Open 2025 (1st), Wimbledon 2025 (1st) and Paris 2025 (2nd).

In order to interrupt a streak to be forgotten, his father’s pupil, Bryan Shelton, who only won one set in duels against the category in question and could have climbed to fifth place if he tightened his fist, will have practically two months to recover, shuffle and hit again.

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David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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