{"id":61889,"date":"2026-09-01T06:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T06:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/61889\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T06:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T06:28:18","slug":"shelton-into-us-open-second-round-after-shaky-start-against-griekspoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/61889\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelton into US Open second round after shaky start against Griekspoor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Shelton fought back from a set down to beat Tallon Griekspoor 1-6, 6-1, 7-6(3), 6-2 in the \u200cfirst round of the U.S. Open on \u200bMonday.<\/p>\n<p>Eighth seed Shelton is vying to become the first American to win the title at Flushing Meadows since 2003 and enters the tournament after winning the Canadian Open.<\/p>\n<p>The first round win, however, was far from straightforward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started off a little bit nervous tonight, but I found \u200bmy rhythm at some \u200cpoint through the second set,\u201d said Shelton, who is still hunting a first Grand Slam title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, a lot of credit to Tallon, he\u2019s a good \u200cplayer to play, he doesn\u2019t give you \u200ba lot of rhythm. He has an attacking game style and I found things \u2060really difficult for the first set tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">POV: You&#8217;re trying to return Ben Shelton&#8217;s serve \ud83d\udca8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TRzfusTiR8\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/TRzfusTiR8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 US Open Tennis (@usopen) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/usopen\/status\/2094600638004928712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shelton endured a nightmarish first set, committing 14 unforced errors, including two double faults, and holding serve just once as Griekspoor raced throught to a lead in less than half an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Shelton then found his \u200crange, sharpened his serve and broke three times to level \u200bthe match. The third set went into tiebreaks but the American kept his nerve to take the lead after which there was no looking back.<\/p>\n<p>He will face Poland\u2019s Hubert Hurkacz in the second round.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian third seed Felix Auger-Aliassime also advanced, defeating Australia\u2019s Rinky Hijikata 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Inputs from Reuters<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Sep 01, 2026<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Shelton fought back from a set down to beat Tallon Griekspoor 1-6, 6-1, 7-6(3), 6-2 in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[16939,312,419,23877,775,23878,23875,4100,304,3829,22234,23879,22806,23876],"class_list":["post-61889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ben-shelton","tag-american-tennis-players","tag-arthur-ashe-stadium","tag-ben-shelton","tag-ben-shelton-highlights","tag-grand-slam-tennis","tag-hubert-hurkacz-next-match","tag-shelton-vs-griekspoor","tag-tallon-griekspoor","tag-tennis-news","tag-us-open-2026","tag-us-open-first-round","tag-us-open-live-updates","tag-us-open-mens-singles","tag-us-open-scores"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}