Shelton wins first career tournament; Monfils turned back time
He made it to 14th place in the world rankingsOne of the biggest hopes of American tennis, Ben Shelton, won his first tournament victory. The 21-year-old defeated Russian Aslan Karatsev 7:5, 6:1 in the final of the 500 series tournament in Tokyo. For the unseeded Shelton, this is not the… Gael Monfils, a 37-year-old Russian tennis player, won his first career tournament in Stockholm, beating Russian Pavel Kotov 4:6, 7:6 (8) and 6:3. This is not the first high-profile achievement for Shelton, who recently played in the semi-finals of the US Open Championship in New York. He will now be tied for a career high on Monday's chart, with Shelton expected to take 14th place. This marks Monfil's 12th victory in his career, climbing into the top 100 tennis players in the world.
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For the unseeded Shelton, this is not the first high-profile achievement on the tour. In September, he played in the semi-finals of the US Open Championship in New York, where he had to concede superiority to Novak Djokovic of Serbia. At the beginning of the year, he also played in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.
Shelton will be tied for a career high on Monday’s chart. He will take 14th place.
For the 30-year-old Russian, a former semi-finalist at the Australian Open (2021), this was the fifth final at the highest level. He lost for the second time, but before that he was the best in Dubai, Moscow (both 2021) and last year in Sydney.
In Stockholm (250), 37-year-old Gael Monfils celebrated, beating the Russian Pavel Kotov 4:6, 7:6 (8) and 6:3. The French veteran won the tournament in Sweden again after 12 years. With the 12th victory in his career – the last time he won the tournament last January in Adelaide – he once again climbed into the top 100 tennis players in the world.