{"id":4578,"date":"2026-06-30T18:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4578"},"modified":"2026-06-30T18:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:06:07","slug":"ben-shelton-stunned-at-wimbledon-with-1st-round-loss-to-finnish-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4578","title":{"rendered":"Ben Shelton stunned at Wimbledon with 1st-round loss to Finnish qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>LONDON (AP) \u2014 Ben Shelton wasted a match point in the fifth-set tiebreaker against qualifier Otto Virtanen at Wimbledon in what the fourth-seeded American called \u201cone of the toughest losses of my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4576\">Center Kristaps Porzingis re-signing with Warriors on two-year, $40 million deal, AP source says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shelton was eliminated 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (8), 6-2, 7-6 (9) on Tuesday, losing in the first round at the grass-court Grand Slam for the first time in his young career.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old Shelton led 8-5 in the deciding 10-point tiebreaker against his 140th-ranked opponent and had match point at 9-8 but made an unforced error and then lost the next two points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought I put myself in a great position to win at the end. He came up with the goods,\u201d said Shelton, who reached the quarterfinals last year at the All England Club.<\/p>\n<p>The left-handed American said he \u201cwasn\u2019t getting many free points.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way that he was playing, hitting the ball, it definitely forced my hand. He\u2019s playing aggressive,\u201d Shelton said. \u201cHe wasn\u2019t really making any mistakes. Towards the end, any ball I left semi-hanging, he was ripping a winner, especially in that last game before the tiebreak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the tiebreak,\u201d he continued, \u201cI was trying to get to the net as much as I could, try to really rush him and not allow him to swing away from the baseline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4575\">LeBron James not returning to Lakers, plans to play 24th season elsewhere, AP source says<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old Virtanen came through the qualifying tournament and earned the biggest win of his career in eliminating Shelton, who is ranked No. 5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a great month. I played a lot of grass matches,\u201d Virtanen said in his on-court interview after 4 hours, 21 minutes on No. 2 Court.<\/p>\n<p>He reached the second round in his Wimbledon debut in 2024 and missed last year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Shelton said he\u2019ll try not to dwell on the defeat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m usually the type of person that gets back on the court or in the gym the next day. This is definitely one of the toughest losses of my career, coming here at Wimbledon. First time I\u2019ve lost in the first round here,\u201d he said. \u201cI didn\u2019t even think I played a poor match today. Things just didn\u2019t go my way. \u2026 I\u2019ll be right back on the practice courts in a couple days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4573\">Raleigh \u2018Jeopardy\u2019 winner aims to plead guilty in secret peeping case<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP tennis: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tennis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON (AP) \u2014 Ben Shelton wasted a match point in the fifth-set tiebreaker against qualifier&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ben Shelton stunned at Wimbledon with 1st-round loss to Finnish qualifier - 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