Ben Shelton Makes History With Win At Canada Open [View all]
: The rising tennis star becomes the first American man to win an ATP Masters 1000 event since Roddick in 2003.
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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.
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