Wimbledon 2025: Ben Shelton advances to first Wimbledon quarterfinal, defeating Lorenzo Sonego in 4 sets
The seeded n ° 10 Ben Shelton became the second American player to qualify for the quarterfinals of Wimbledon 2025, beating Lorenzo Sonego in four sets 3-6, 6-1, 7-6, 7-5. Shelton has reached the quarterfinals of the tournament for the first time in his career.
Monday’s match was the third time that Shelton beat Sonego in a Grand Chelem tournament, previously leaving the Australian Open and the French Open.
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Shelton will face the winner between the seeded n ° 1 Jannik Sinner and the N ° 19 Gregor Dimitrov.
Sonego has frustrated Shelton early by manipulating his service and preventing him from obtaining aces. Most importantly, the Italian has kept his opponent to guess throughout the first set, mixing a variety of shots to keep Shelton out of pace. Sonego seemed to be using everything in his arsenal – shots on the net, slices on the line and crossed lobs – to move Shelton.
In addition, Sonego controlled the game with its service which apparently forced Shelton to take more time to take place before receiving. At one point, the referee warned him of this tactic. However, Shelton argued that Sonego was taking 25 seconds or more to serve – which was a problem in the match of Sunday’s fourth round between Cameron Norrie and Nicolás Jarry.
“No matter what it will never start before it is 3, 2, 1,” could be heard Shelton telling the referee Alison Hughes while the players changed camp, according to the Daily Express.
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Being shaking and seems to lose your goal has made Shelton lose the first set in a fairly decisive way, 6-3.
This changed in the second set, although Sonego has always had an answer to the service of Shelton. The set turned when Shelton broke the service and won the fourth match on Sonego’s double fault. Whether intentional or not, Sonego continued to try to discourage Shelton’s pace with longer service times and bathroom breaks.
At this stage, Shelton channeled the frustration he could have felt in his game and quickly won the second set, 6-1.
The two players went back and forth in the third set, neither of an advantage over their service. Sonego remained hard behind the baseline while extending for a return, which allowed Shelton to mount 4-3. But a similar piece occurred on the side of Shelton on the next point and Sonego equalized it.
This story will be updated.
