{"id":72924,"date":"2025-08-16T14:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/72924\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T14:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:51:08","slug":"i-ended-up-deleting-twitter-ben-shelton-admits-how-avoiding-online-nonsense-helped-his-tennis-game-international-sports-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/72924\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI ended up deleting Twitter\u201d: Ben Shelton admits how avoiding online nonsense helped his tennis game | International Sports News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\u201cIBen Shelton admits how avoiding online nonsense helped his tennis game (Image via Getty) Ben Shelton, the American tennis player, made a big decision two years ago that helped him focus better. He chose to delete Twitter from his phone. He hadn\u2019t looked at that app since. On August 15, 2025, he played in the Cincinnati Open quarterfinals in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he lost to Alexander Zverev 6-2, 6-2 in 77 minutes. Before that match, Shelton talked about how skipping social media cleared his head and helped him train better for the upcoming US Open. <\/p>\n

Ben Shelton deletes Twitter to stay away from social media noise<\/p>\n

When Shelton sat down with reporters ahead of his Cincinnati Open match in August 2025, he shared what he did two years ago. \u201cI ended up deleting Twitter from my phone, and that was the best decision I ever made,\u201d he said. It was a simple choice but made a big difference. Since then, he hasn\u2019t opened the app even once. He added that he now watches match highlights instead of scrolling. Whether it\u2019s from the event he\u2019s playing or a Challenger tournament happening the same week, he keeps up that way. He said his team helps him stay grounded and doesn\u2019t let his mind get filled with \u201cnonsense.\u201dAlso Read: \u201cBring Me A Cute Labubu\u201d: Ben Shelton\u2019s Girlfriend Trinity Rodman Joins Coco Gauff And Iga Swiatek In Viral Doll Craze<\/a><\/p>\n

Ben Shelton shares thoughts on Alexander Zverev match and future goals<\/p>\n

Ben Shelton played Alexander Zverev in Cincinnati on August 15, 2025. He was calm and set to go. Shelton stated he had never felt this well on court before. He was sure about his serve and return. He said he aimed for the top 5 later on and desired to play against more top 10 players. That, he thinks, would bring him nearer to their level. Shelton performed well previously in the hard-court season. He defeated Karen Khachanov in the final at the Canadian Open just before Cincinnati. He lost the first set 6-7 (7), then won 6-4 and 7-6 (3).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Shelton admits how avoiding online nonsense helped his tennis game (Image via Getty) Ben Shelton, the American…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[5244,64,63,21693,41765,56839,85,747,56840,56838,55950],"class_list":["post-72924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-alexander-zverev","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ben-shelton","tag-cincinnati-open","tag-social-media-impact-on-sports","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-tennis-training","tag-twitter-deletion","tag-us-open-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}