Ben Shelton overpowers Fucsovics to equal best Wimbledon run

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Ben Shelton overpowers Fucsovics to equal best Wimbledon run
  • American wins 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2 to reach fourth round

  • Alex de Minaur sets up match against Novak Djokovic

As a statement of intent, Ben Shelton’s first service game here on Saturday was quite something. His first serve thundered down at 145mph; on the third point, he upped it to 146mph and on the fifth, he bashed one down at 147mph. If Marton Fucsovics had picked up his rackets there and then and left the court, people would surely have understood.

As it was, the Hungarian, ranked 105 but a man who has been as high as No 33, battled hard to compete with Shelton but the American was a man on a mission, his 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2 victory putting him through to the last 16, equalling his previous Wimbledon best.

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Autor: Simon Cambers at Wimbledon