Tsitsipas analyzes his match against Shelton

Stefanos Tsitsipas has broken through the third round barrier at the US Open after coming back against Jiri Lehecka and reaching the tournament's round of 16. This result comes at the darkest moment of the Greek tennis player's career, which means a ray of hope for his interests. In the next round, he will face Ben Shelton for a spot in the quarter-finals, and he analyzed in a press conference what could be one of the tournament's great matches.

"He has improved a lot since the last time I played against him. He was on the rise when I faced him in Cincinnati a few years ago. I have noticed an improvement in his game. He has also become more mature. Back then, he was still a young kid and relatively new to the circuit. He has gained confidence. He has achieved good results, good victories, good performances in the Masters 1000. Now he is well established on the circuit. He is a very different Ben Shelton from the one I saw then," he stated.

Shelton and Tsitsipas face each other again 3 years later

The only match between Shelton and Tsitsipas dates back to the ATP Cincinnati 2023, just before the US Open, where the Greek player won by a double 7-6. However, Tsitsipas knows that things have changed since then, and that now Ben will be the favorite due to the momentum he has coming into this tournament and playing in front of his home crowd.

"It's important to have played against him in the past, but I feel that now a completely different dynamic is created when playing against him, because he has matured, has confidence, and already has experience in matches, while before he was still a rookie. We all know that in any sport, things change. Players evolve, improve, and in his case, I suppose, because his ranking is very different from before," concluded Stefanos.

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