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Ben Shelton Reaches U.S. Open Final, Faces Zverev Sunday

By Drooid · Sep 12, 2026, 5:58 AM UTC · How we work

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Shelton Reaches Final

Ben Shelton defeated Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 to reach the U.S. Open final.
Shelton became the first Black American man in a U.S. Open final since Arthur Ashe in 1972.
Shelton will meet No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany in the Sunday final.
Shelton served 20 aces while Tiafoe managed three in the 3-hour-17-minute match.

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Rodman Plays Boston

Trinity Rodman will play a Boston NWSL match at 1 p.m. ET on the day of Shelton’s final.
Rodman, the world’s highest-paid women’s soccer player, has attended Shelton’s previous matches despite tight travel schedules.
She traveled from Washington, D.C., to New York for Shelton’s quarter-final, arriving 90 minutes before his match.
If the final exceeds four hours, a private jet could bring Rodman to New York before it ends.

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Shelton Reaches Final

Ben Shelton defeated Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 to reach the U.S. Open final.
Shelton became the first Black American man in a U.S. Open final since Arthur Ashe in 1972.
Shelton will meet No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany in the Sunday final.
Shelton served 20 aces while Tiafoe managed three in the 3-hour-17-minute match.

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