Tennis: American Ben Shelton has claimed his first ATP title, defeating Aslan Karatsev in straight sets in Japan.
Shelton claims first ever ATP title | 01:22Tennis legend Wally Masur says Alex de Minaur will have his best Australian Open finish next year and the United Cup will be the perfect lead-in for the world No.13.Australia has been drawn to face defending champion the US and Great Britain in Group C in Perth.
The tournament structure includes one men’s and women’s singles match for every tie, while de Minaur and Boulter could play against each other in the mixed doubles.“It will be interesting how it plays out because Matt Ebden and Storm Hunter are there so we have plenty of options for the mixed doubles.
“That win helped him a lot because he was very good at beating the people he should beat but he was struggling to beat the very best,’’ Masur said.“The big thing is that he’s marrying up his personality, which is to be pretty aggressive with his physique, which is probably to be a counter-puncher where he uses his opponent’s pace.
“He’s a funny guy because he has the personality to be aggressive but the physique to be more of a counter-puncher.“He’s 13 in the world right now but he’s going to do some damage, not only at this event.” “Best of three sets, you are going to see a lot of the top players lose certain matches that you don’t expect them to lose, but best of five is a different thing.
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