Though he hasn\u2019t been able to add another title to his tally, the 22-year-old reached his fourth career final at the Munich Open in April. <\/p>\n
After his second-round victory at the Canadian Open<\/a> in Toronto over Adrian Mannarino, Shelton<\/a> revealed how he has been trying to take his tennis to another level in 2025.<\/p>\n Speaking with Tennis Channel, Shelton said: \u201cFor me, I\u2019m finding the game style that works no matter who I\u2019m playing.<\/p>\n \u201cThe way that I\u2019m serving, how to be an effective server against anybody. The returners are so good on tour nowadays that you\u2019ve got to be smart about the way you serve. You can\u2019t just serve big.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I\u2019m getting better and better at hitting spots, hitting my, you know, 140, 145 serves, but also hitting kickers at times.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then how to take away time. How to rush people, but still feel like I\u2019m comfortable in playing at the speed I want to play.<\/p>\n \u201cSo controlling the court is really important for a player like me who likes to be on offence all the time, and I\u2019m just finding my way to do that, not only against every guy on tour, but also the guys at the top.\u201d<\/p>\n Ben Shelton\u2019s third-round opponent at the Canadian Open<\/p>\n After sweeping aside Mannarino, Shelton\u2019s third-round opponent in Toronto comes in the form of Brandon Nakashima. <\/p>\n He has never lost to Nakashima at tour-level events, holding a 4-0 record against his US compatriot. <\/p>\n MatchWinner2025 Indian Wells Open Fourth RoundBen Shelton2025 Australian Open First RoundBen Shelton2024 Washington Open Third RoundBen Shelton2024 US Men\u2019s Clay Court Championships Quarter-FinalBen SheltonBen Shelton\u2019s head-to-head record against Brandon Nakashima<\/p>\n Their first two clashes both came in 2024, with Shelton clinching wins on the clay courts of Houston and at the Washington Open.<\/p>\n This year, they have already played twice, going toe-to-toe at the Australian Open and the Indian Wells Open. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Shelton is continuing to elevate his game this year and now holds a career-high ATP ranking of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[6733,19369,49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-39375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-ben-shelton","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Ben](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2227045416-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Scott Taetsch\/Getty ImagesBen Shelton explains how he has been trying to improve his game<\/p>\n