Ben Shelton ground down French veteran Gael Monfils Monday to set up an Australian Open quarter-final against Lorenzo Sonego, who ended teenage qualifier Learner Tien's fairytale run. Shelton will next meet Sonego,
Lorenzo Sonego will be Ben Shelton's quarterfinal opponent in Australian Open 2025. The two will lock horns for the third out, with their head-to-head currently tied at 1-1.
(AP pic) Ben Shelton ground down French veteran Gael Monfils Monday to set up an Australian Open quarterfinal against Lorenzo Sonego, who ended teenage qualifier Learner Tien’s fairytale run.
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American tennis star Ben Shelton has shown his class after opponent Gael Monfils was forced to retire in the fourth set of their gripping clash at the Australian Open on Monday night. Monfils pulled the pin with 21st seed Shelton leading 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-2), 1-0 much to the dismay of the crowd.
Lorenzo Sonego ended the dream run of another teenager at the Australian Open as the unseeded Italian beat qualifier Learner Tien 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1 and reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time on Monday.
Italian player Lorenzo Sonego defeated American teenager Learner Tien at the Australian Open to reach his first Grand Slam quarter-final. Sonego's experienced play proved decisive in a match dogged by Tien's injury.
Monfils upset fourth-seeded Taylor Fritz of the United States 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-4 in the third round at Melbourne, Australia. When Monfils made his Australian Open debut in 2005, Fritz, now 27 years old, was 7.
Lorenzo Sonego flies to the quarterfinals of the ... the 21st seed, and Frenchman Gael Monfils. Sonego, 29, only faltered in the second set. For the rest, the match was a monologue by the Italian ...
Learner Tien, 19, beats Corentin Moutet while Gael Monfils, 38, defeats fourth seed Taylor Fritz to reach the Australian Open fourth round.
The 22-year-old Shelton went toe-to-toe with the Frenchman, 16 years his senior, until Monfils pulled the plug ... reach the quarter-finals. Italy's Lorenzo Sonego reached his first Grand Slam ...
Ben Shelton is gearing up for a showdown with Lorenzo Sonego under the Monday ... an unexpected twist in his fourth-round match. Gael Monfils, the 38-year-old crowd favorite who had made headlines ...