Reaction from Ben Shelton after he reached his first Australian Open semifinal by defeating Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (4) in an entertaining match.
“I’m relieved,” said Shelton, who will meet No. 1 Jannik Sinner of Italy or No. 8 Alex de Minaur of Australia on Friday for a spot in Sunday’s final. “Shout out Lorenzo Sonego, because that was some ridiculous tennis.”
Sonego produced the shot of the tournament – diving to his left for a volley with so much spin that the ball bounced on one side of the net, then floated back over to the other – but it was the American who ended up with the victory Wednesday. The left-handed Shelton did some crowd-pleasing of his own, including earning cheers by doing a couple of push-ups after tumbling in the concluding tiebreaker. The American reached his second Grand Slam singles semifinal at age 22.
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