{"id":243808,"date":"2025-10-22T15:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/243808\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:19:08","slug":"really-happy-ben-shelton-speaks-after-winning-his-first-match-since-injury-at-the-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/243808\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Really happy’ Ben Shelton speaks after winning his first match since injury at the US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ben Shelton has returned to winning ways with a hard-fought victory over Kamil Majchrzak at the Swiss Indoors Basel.<\/p>\n

Shelton<\/a> is the second seed at the ATP<\/a> 500 tournament in Switzerland, and met the Polish qualifier in his opening match.<\/p>\n

Saving two match points, he secured a 6-7(2-7), 6-3, 7-6(9-7) win over Majchrzak, and now takes on Spaniard Jaume Munar in the round of 16.<\/p>\n

Shelton has a favorable draw at the Basel Open<\/a> after the Achilles injury to Holger Rune, who will miss the rest of the season.<\/p>\n

Rune received a message from Shelton<\/a> after confirming the nightmare injury, but the latter has now turned his focus to his latest tournament.<\/p>\n

\"BenPhoto by Sarah Stier\/Getty ImagesDelighted Ben Shelton speaks after his first win since his injury at the US Open <\/p>\n

The American has only just returned from an injury of his own, with Shelton retiring hurt<\/a> during his third round match at the US Open<\/a> in August.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s now claimed his first win since then, of which he said: \u201cThat was a difficult one. I knew it was going to be a tough one.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy first match that I\u2019ve won since getting injured. Yeah, just really happy that I was able to create a little bit of momentum and get myself going here in Switzerland.\u201d<\/p>\n

And when asked how much of a special relief it was to get that first victory, he replied: \u201cYeah, it\u2019s huge for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re trying to find your rhythm again it can be tough as a tennis player when you\u2019re playing guys at the end of the season who are in form and you\u2019ve taken some weeks off.<\/p>\n

\u201cFelt like I lost a little bit of rhythm, but I did a great job in my preparation before this tournament to get to a place where I could be competing and playing well here. Even if that match was a loss today, I was happy with the way I competed and played.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Swiss Indoors Basel 2025: How to watch, playing field, prize money and predictions<\/a><\/p>\n

How has Ben Shelton performed since his US Open retirement?<\/p>\n

While Shelton claimed his first win since that US Open disappointment, it wasn\u2019t his first match since New York.<\/p>\n

Shelton withdrew from the USA Davis Cup squad<\/a> due to his shoulder issue, but he was able to return at the Shanghai Masters earlier this month.<\/p>\n

But David Goffin shocked Shelton<\/a> by winning their meeting 6-2, 6-4, but the injury that forced him to retire against Adrian Mannarino at the US Open more than likely played a role.<\/p>\n

The world number six now looks to have returned to success at the perfect time, with Shelton in a prime position to qualify for the ATP Finals next month.<\/p>\n

He also boasts a fantastic recent history at the Basel Open, reaching last year\u2019s final before losing to Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Ben Shelton has returned to winning ways with a hard-fought victory over Kamil…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[430,133745,431,99,428,11883],"class_list":["post-243808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-atp","tag-basel-open","tag-ben-shelton","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-us-open"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}