Ben Shelton was a young tennis player traveling abroad for the first time when he made this journey last year.
Shelton had only been a professional for six months, therefore he was somewhat unknown on the circuit shortly after graduating from college. But things were set to change quickly since he had a deadly serve and youthful recklessness.
Shelton tells CNN Sport, “I feel like it went from nobody knowing me to a lot of people knowing me kind of overnight.” “It felt incredibly fast.”
Proceed ahead of time After a year, the twenty-one-year-old American is in Australia getting ready for his second grand slam at Melbourne Park.
Shelton’s performance thus far in his brief tenure has been outstanding: he made it to the quarterfinals.