{"id":313569,"date":"2025-08-03T03:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T03:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/313569\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T03:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T03:55:11","slug":"arthur-fils-ben-shelton-surge-into-toronto-quarter-finals-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/313569\/","title":{"rendered":"Arthur Fils &#038; Ben Shelton surge into Toronto quarter-finals | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Doubles<br \/>\n    Fils\/Shelton surge into Toronto QFs<\/p>\n<p>Wimbledon winners Cash\/Glasspool extend streak; Krawietz\/Puetz advance<\/p>\n<p>August 03, 2025<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shelton-fils-toronto-2025-doubles-r2.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Shelton and Arthur Fils in action at the National Bank Open Presented by Rogers in Toronto. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Geoff Robins\/Tennis Canada<\/p>\n<p>        Ben Shelton and Arthur Fils in action at the National Bank Open Presented by Rogers in Toronto.<br \/>\n        By ATP Staff<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/arthur-fils\/f0f1\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arthur Fils<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/ben-shelton\/s0s1\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Shelton<\/a> continued their explosive doubles partnership on Saturday at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/toronto\/421\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Bank Open Presented by Rogers<\/a>, where they booked their spot in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p>The French-American duo, competing in its third ATP Tour event together, defeated eighth seeds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/hugo-nys\/n670\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hugo Nys<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/edouard-roger-vasselin\/r613\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edouard Roger-Vasselin<\/a> 6-4, 7-5 to advance amid a vibrant atmosphere in Toronto. Fils and Shelton saved the only break point they faced, according to Infosys ATP Stats, to improve to 3-2 as a team.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/news\/it-all-adds-up-hub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"It All Adds Up\" style=\"width:100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754193311_312_it-all-adds-up-banner.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They will next face fourth seeds and reigning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/nitto-atp-finals\/605\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nitto ATP Finals<\/a> champions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/kevin-krawietz\/kb92\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin Krawietz<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/tim-puetz\/pc68\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Puetz<\/a>, who beat singles stars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/alex-michelsen\/m0qi\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Michelsen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/frances-tiafoe\/td51\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frances Tiafoe<\/a> 6-4, 6-3. Shelton, still alive in the singles event, faces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/flavio-cobolli\/c0e9\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flavio Cobolli<\/a> on Sunday for a spot in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/wimbledon\/540\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wimbledon<\/a> champions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/julian-cash\/ci96\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julian Cash<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/lloyd-glasspool\/gd08\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lloyd Glasspool<\/a> extended their winning streak to 16 matches by overcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/john-peers\/pc96\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Peers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/jan-zielinski\/z423\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jan Zielinski<\/a> 6-2, 6-7(3), 10-8. The British stars, who are No. 1 in the PIF ATP Live Doubles Teams Rankings, will play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/guido-andreozzi\/a887\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guido Andreozzi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/sander-arends\/ac55\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sander Arends<\/a> in the last eight. Andreozzi and Arends defeated Canadian wild cards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/liam-draxl\/d0dp\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liam Draxl<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/cleeve-harper\/h0d9\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cleeve Harper<\/a> 7-5, 7-6(3).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Doubles Fils\/Shelton surge into Toronto QFs Wimbledon winners Cash\/Glasspool extend streak; Krawietz\/Puetz advance August 03, 2025 Geoff Robins\/Tennis&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[79,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-313569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114962820300936849","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}