Ben Shelton Makes History With Win At Canada Open

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: The rising tennis star becomes the first American man to win an ATP Masters 1000 event since Roddick in 2003.

https://www.bet.com/article/6fnygy/ben-shelton-makes-history-with-win-at-canada-open

Ben Shelton came back from being down a set to capture his first ATP Masters 1000 title at the Canadian Open on Thursday (August 7), defeating Karen Khachanov of Russia 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-6(3).

For the biggest win of his career, the No.7 player in the world took down Italian 13th seed Flavio Cobolli, Australian ninth seed Alex de Minaur, and American second seed Taylor Fritz to win his first Masters 1000 title. Shelton is now the youngest American man to win a Masters 1000 since Andy Roddick at Miami in 2004.

During the match, Shelton had seven of his 16 aces in the third set and went on to victory by winning 14 consecutive points on serve.

[a kennedy]

1. Yippie.....don't care....sorry, good for American tennis, but, he's one I really don't care for.

Now if Tommy Paul would have won……

[spooky3]

2. I like him. And he's talented and has worked very hard. Nt

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6. Ditto

😀

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

3. Honorable Mention to Canada's Victoria Mboko.

Who is Victoria Mboko, the 18-year-old who defeated Naomi Osaka to win her first title at the Canadian Open?



Victoria Mboko didn’t even have a picture on the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) website before the Canadian Open in Montreal. Now, the 18-year-old has defeated four-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka in the first WTA Tour final of her career.

Mboko had to come from behind in the 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory to cap off a sensational run in her home country. She is just the third Canadian in the Open Era to win the tournament after Faye Urban in 1969 and Bianca Andreescu in 2019.

“These past two weeks have been insane,” said Mboko, per Reuters. “Even getting the wild card to play here … I was super happy to be playing in Montreal for the first time ever. I just remember feeling nervous, but really taking in the moment as much as I possibly could.”

Playing on the biggest stage of her career to date, Mboko had to show enormous composure in order to win her first title, converting eight of her nine break points against Osaka.


Having started the year ranked No. 333 in the world, she is now set to rise to No. 34 – climbing 55 places since the start of the tournament.

And the teenager had to do it the hard way, defeating four former grand slam champions on the way to the title: Osaka, Elena Rybakina, Coco Gauff and Sofia Kenin.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/07/sport/tennis-wta-victoria-mboko-profile-intl

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5. And she's only 18

Great win coming from behind.

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4. This young dude has a cannon for an arm and becoming a better

full court player.

Outstanding young man. I see a bright future for you.

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7. And he'll be 23in October

Having parents who played and an outstanding college coach father does help.😀

[Prairie_Seagull]

8. Love to see a

Alcaraz v Shelton final of US Open. Oh the mixed drinks. haha

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9. Ben doesn't have that Carlito beautiful game but damn

He has a great serve and matches Carlos for athleticism. His one advantage is height.
Forget not that Carlos also comes from a tennis family.