HOUSTON — Prime-seeded Ben Shelton superior to his first clay courtroom quarterfinal on the ATP tour with a win over Zizou Bergs on Wednesday night time within the U.S. Males’s Clay Courtroom Championship.
Shelton received 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to face fellow American Brandon Nakashima.
“Simply actually glad to get by way of it,” Shelton mentioned. “It positively was an extended one.”
Shelton is making an attempt to not let the strain of being the No. 1 seed get to him this week.
“I don’t actually give it some thought,” he mentioned. “I’m not somebody who actually checks the draw an excessive amount of. I simply come out right here to compete and play.”
Nakashima, the 2022 ATP Subsequent Gen Finals champion, superior to the quarterfinals by eliminating Rinky Hijikata 6-1, 6-4. The 22-year-old Nakashima began the 12 months at No. 134 however has climbed to No. 87 within the ATP rankings.
In an upset Wednesday, Luciano Darderi ousted second-seeded Francisco Cerundolo 6-4,2-6, 7-6(4). Darderi received his first ATP Tour title on the Cordoba Open in February.
