By Chris Oddo | Wednesday August 6, 2025
Ben Shelton broke new floor on Wednesday night time in Toronto, defeating Taylor Fritz to develop into the youngest American to achieve a Masters 1000 ultimate since Andy Roddick in 2004.
The 22-year-old notched a 6-4, 6-3 over the top-ranked American, and has now earned back-to-back High-10 wins for the primary time in his profession.
“I’m simply searching for issues in my recreation to steadily enhance and I’ve seen so many massive enhancements in my recreation this week,” stated Shelton. “That’s what I’m most pleased about. The way in which that I’m enjoying, how I’m executing and the way little I’m hesitating.”
Shelton saved each break factors he confronted in a flawless efficiency, and transformed three of ten to tug away from the fourth-ranked American.
He cracked seven aces and gained 25 of 29 first-serve factors.
“When he’s standing in a single nook, he’s probably the greatest on the earth at being behind the ball and hitting it tougher and tougher each time,” Shelton stated of the 2024 US Open runner-up. “It’s a must to hold him shifting and I did a terrific job of that, shifting the ball across the courtroom at present.”
Within the first all-American Masters semifinal in 15 years Shelton improved to 1-1 vs Fritz and have become the eighth participant born within the 2000s to play a Masters ultimate.
He’ll face Karen Khachanov for the title on Thursday night.
