Semifinalist of the US Open 2022, 15th racket of the world, American tennis player Ben Shelton won a difficult victory at the start of the French Open 2024, the current champion of which is Serbian Novak Djokovic.
In the first round match, Shelton (15) beat the 88th racket of the world, Frenchman Hugo Gaston, with a score of 3:6, 6:3, 6:4, 6:4.
Shelton’s meeting with Gaston lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. As part of it, Ben served eight times straight, made four double faults and converted 6 break points out of 14. Yugo had two aces, two double faults and four converted break points out of nine earned.
Shelton’s next opponent will be the 2014 US Open finalist, former world number four, Japanese Kei Nishikori.