Ben Shelton, 22, moves into 1st Australian Open semifinal
Australian Open semi-finalist Ben Shelton has taken the Grand Slam's on-court interviewers to task for being "disrespectful" to players. Shelton reached his first semi-final at Melbourne Park on Wednesday with a four-set win over Italian Lorenzo Sonego at Rod Laver Arena.
In the Australian Open semifinals on Thursday, Madison Keys meets Iga Swiatek.Keys enters the semifinals after her three-set victory on Tuesday over Elina Svitolina (3-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner turned in a near-perfect performance to advance to the semifinals of the Australian Open after beating Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.
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Ben Shelton's Australian Open quarterfinal foe, Lorenzo 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.
Defending champion Jannik Sinner dismissed eighth seed Alex de Minaur 6-3 6-2 6-1 to reach the Australian Open semi-finals and extend the country's decades-long wait for another homegrown singles winner at the Grand Slam on Wednesday.
Shelton criticized Tony Jones' comments about Novak Djokovic as well as on-court interviews at the tournament.
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In the Australian Open quarterfinals on Tuesday, Jannik Sinner faces Alex de Minaur.In his most recent match on Sunday, Sinner took down Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune in four sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2,
Keys, the No. 19 seed and a two-time semifinalist at Melbourne Park, had won the first set. But Rybakina, who like Keys is a precise winner machine when she is playing the tennis she wants to play, had taken the second by seizing the initiative and playing on her front foot. Halfway to the finish, Keys had become a passive counterpuncher.