2024 Wimbledon R16 Matchup - [1] Jannik Sinner (ITA) v/s [14] Ben Shelton (USA)

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

What a choker! Hahaha

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

Pronto? Signor Ben? Pronto? Hello? Anybody there?

 

[Forgive Me Father]

That’s true for 80% of TTW

MeatTornado right at it lol

 

[Breakpointerer]

What a terrible finish

 

[bigjimbofan]

Wow ! Shelton double fault and loses the match

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

You need to stop using that word, you clearly have no idea what it means.

Point proven! Double fault! Lmao

 

[Winners or Errors]

…and Sinner finishes it off in straight sets. Not a surprise.

 

[ibbi]

What a way for it to end.

 

[MeatTornado]

MeatTornado right at it lol

Sinner once again willed that double-fault on MP through sheer skill

 

[Razer]

Ben Shelton will never win a Grand Slam.

 

[ojo rojo]

Unfortunate ending

 

[TheGoldenEra1990’s]

Shelton is a good player. Just a very low tennis IQ. Obviously talented though

 

[NeutralFan]

Sinner did nothing special in third set and tb and yet he won, reason?Shelton is a brainless clown and so are his fans on ttw.

 

[Pheasant]

sinner is starting to become Mr. Tiebreak. That was clutch.

 

[heninfan99]

Have a nice flight home
Hang up the phone!!!!

 

[tudwell]

Good fight from Shelton in the third but just way, way too sloppy at crunch time. Sinner marches on!

 

[chjtennis]

It's the pressure of facing a rock solid guy who doesn't make too many mistakes. Good win to Sinner.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

The guy is annoying screaming after every point. Glad he’s out!

 

[NeutralFan]

Shelton is a good player. Just a very low tennis IQ. Obviously talented though

If big serve + wild ground strokes are enough to be called talented.

 

[Forgive Me Father]

Point proven! Double fault! Lmao

Thats what happens when you need to redzone.

No one choking hits 100 mph missile winners dummie.

 

[Tennis Fan States63]

DF for the match.........that ends with a thud.

Jannik Sinner on to the QF's to face winner of Dimitrov/Medvedev......well done.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

It's the pressure of facing a rock solid guy who doesn't make too many mistakes.

Nah. Shelton had his chance but the guys a clown!

 

[heninfan99]

Pronto? Signor Ben? Pronto? Hello? Anybody there?

Telling his private jet to give Ben a ride home

 

[SneederFeeder]

34 quadrillionth Tie-Break Sinner wins in a row

Bro did not take it kindly the ones he lost early on at Halle

 

[coolcamden]

OUT!

 

[bluetrain4]

Sinner gave Shelton some opportunities - and he missed all of them. I wouldn't have expected Shelton to have a chance after the 6-5 set point and after getting down 2-5 in the tiebreak. But he did. That crazy awful slice on set point really stands out to me. Anyway, kudos to Ben for fighting and kudos to Sinner for closing.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Thats what happens when you need to redzone.

No one choking hits 100 mph missile winners dummie.

He’s a choker. He does it everytime. Glad Sinner sent him packing.

 

[Forgive Me Father]

Sinner once again willed that double-fault on MP through sheer skill

Are you afraid to bluntly say Shelton choked cause youd feel absurd?

 

[Forgive Me Father]

He’s a choker. He does it everytime. Glad Sinner sent him packing.

everytime? As in when he won the last 3 5-setters?

Braincells buddy, use them.

 

[GAS]

Shelton needs to at least win a set against the #1 in the World to be the player he thinks he is.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Sinner is such a nice guy. Lovely words and really down to earth! A true gentleman and great tennis today.

 

[chjtennis]

Nah. Shelton had his chance but the guys a clown!

You gotta give it to Sinner though. He stays calm under pressure and the pressure of facing such players is immense. Shelton is by no means on Sinner's level as well.

 

[bigjimbofan]

Ben Shelton will never win a Grand Slam.

Let's hope not but I have a feeling he might.

 

[Pheasant]

I like how Sinner barely cracked a smile after winning. He almost looked bored; as though it was just another day at the office.

 

[NeutralFan]

Point proven! Double fault! Lmao

Sinner did absolutely nothing in tb and third set, even made tons of unforced errors but how did Shelton reacted? By making more errors ( 4 on 4 set points) lol.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

everytime? As in when he won the last 3 5-setters?

Braincells buddy, use them.

He’s a

You gotta give it to Sinner though. He stays calm under pressure and the pressure of facing such players is immense. Shelton is by no means on Sinner's level as well.

Im glad Sinner won it straight sets. I guess I just don’t like Shelton.

 

[FernandoBiH]

Sinner third set is not that good, but win is win. Medo can trouble him if he can pass Dimitrov!

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

everytime? As in when he won the last 3 5-setters?

Braincells buddy, use them.

I don’t like Shelton. Glad he’s gone. Fair enough he beat 3 low ranked players in 5 sets. Good for him.

 

[ibbi]

I like how Sinner barely cracked a smile after winning. He almost looked bored; as though it was just another day at the office.

He's a stoic An heir to Bjorn and Pete. You love to see it.

 

[Forgive Me Father]

If big serve + wild ground strokes are enough to be called talented.

Shelton is one of the biggest cases of mass weight of shots with control / spin. You do see his forehand right? Its got power + whip. He sometimes flats out the FH but usually pummels you with perfect point construction, which was very evident against Shapovalov.

His heavy FH, BH combined with his athleticism (and serve ofc) will terrorize opponents for years. He is almost impossibve to hit through unless youre a GOD talent Sinner/Alcaraz.

Why so unreasonable?

Have a bet?

 

[NeutralFan]

I don’t like Shelton. Glad he’s gone. Fair enough he beat 3 low ranked players in 5 sets. Good for him.

His clown fans are already making excuses lol

 

[Baseline_Bungle]

sinner is starting to become Mr. Tiebreak. That was clutch.

That's now 8 in a row since TTW proclaimed he was back to being a mental midget, after he lost a coupleof (meaningless) TBs against Struff and Marozsan in Halle.

 

[Forgive Me Father]

I don’t like Shelton. Glad he’s gone. Fair enough he beat 3 low ranked players in 5 sets. Good for him.

All 3 played a massive game, especially Harris was botting every single point in thre match tiebreak and Shelton stayed composed and tough. Many would have lost that.

He clutched them all out.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

His clown fans are already making excuses lol

Exactly. I don’t see how you can make excuses for him. He had it on his racquet to take that set.

He is way to aggressive on the big points. He needs to learn the art of percentage tennis. The guy roaring after every point like a buffoon doesn’t help his focus too.

 

[Razer]

Let's hope not but I have a feeling he might.

He is 1 dimensional, has no aptitude for this era's tennis. He is too stuck in the 1990s era american tennis, he needs to travel to europe and learn some proper baseline tennis if he is to have a future.

 

[NeutralFan]

Shelton is one of the biggest cases of mass weight of shots with control / spin. You do see his forehand right? Its got power + whip. He sometimes flats out the FH but usually pummels you with perfect point construction, which was very evident against Shapovalov.

His heavy FH, BH combined with his athleticism (and serve ofc) will terrorize opponents for years. He is almost impossibve to hit through unless youre a GOD talent Sinner/Alcaraz.

Why so unreasonable?

Have a bet?

Oh please it's power + grip everything but what's the use when he can't keep making unforced errors and can barely keep 6 balls in play? Sinner did absolutely nothing in tb , even made errors ( same in third set before tb) yet Shelton responded with more errors (4 on 4 set points) goes for a wild winner on set point on a second serve when Sinner was making errors in third set lol

 

[GAS]

That's now 8 in a row since TTW proclaimed he was back to being a mental midget, after he lost a coupleof (meaningless) TBs against Struff and Marozsan in Halle.

I think his suspect 5-set record is something to worry about.

 

[Rovesciarete]

Are people really that surprised that somebody double faults if he goes for so much with his second?

 

[GAS]

Are people really that surprised that somebody double faults if he goes for so much with his second?

Down match-point is not the time. Not even Sampras did that.

 

[roysid]

Shoutout this guy for being one of the few who know about Shelton’s career progression - shot up ala Sinner when he was HS senior/Freshman. Might make a thread on it later

Not sure what you meant. Shelton is another product of America s college system aka Isner, Anderson etc. Good players but not gs winning material