Ben Shelton vs. Dominic Thiem Extended Highlights | 2024 US Open Round 1

[Applause] [Applause] 3 l no call tournament reached the finals in last year wasn't able to to get past his opening round but already getting some love from the never shied away from the physicality required to play his standard of tennis dir you know as fit as he as he could be and as fit as you can be mhm that return right there not a great example of a a blocked return by Dominic team but if you can get Taylor into the corners and moving and having to play defense it's going to be a hard court for Taylor to D up on just didn't re up quickly enough to the first R he did he ended up being a defensive one and [Applause] he this is where that agility for Shelton's really important oh it's ni [Applause] be n up [Applause] to cover crosscourt here off a pretty poor drop shot yeah he was here wasn't he respect the opponents you know that's a different serve coming depending on who's who's throwing the pitches works from where you are on the court if you're standing deep very few players can get away with a flat return Mev the obvious exception to being able to pinpoint it and still get back into position but you have to hit that shot she going even deeper this time to make sure he buys time to get the forand or back hand there he goes [Music] that's tough perhaps the longest rally of the set keep working on the fitness make sure everything's tucked in yeah he's at 300 points off the top 10 right now no no he's not not by any stretch but with the points in the semi-finals here plus the 500 points relative right what it was about 20% breaks in his career if you look at players of the one Majors with that lower percentage of Blakes and it's relative but something I was talking to Craig Boon whoy herot's coach in uh January this year the beginning of the year United cup everyone's fresh and he holds serve nicely understate his team looks like he's going to hold here to level at one a piece herot is one of the game's best at holding serves [Applause] come on impressive Point found a way to make a decent return and played the big three 35 times 16 wins there's not money that can uh plus one forand obviously a big number for isn't it as well and could never relate to that Nick not sure when he can relate to that either beautifully done there yeah it's the the little shuttle drill right for your that the testing did you see that last year at the next [Music] gen wo that's an impressive play game second sh Dominic team's career in major championships TFO and slated you'll see him get pumped up and that's who he is that that's um he's true to himself so for I for me that's maybe I'm going to look stupid in a couple of couple of weeks but for me I he's my favorite right now um can only see that better in Paris for the Olympics clearly nicely done there sh Dominic team a to hang keeping this third set competitive for now that's the sort of Point Jim that you were talking about that you feel maybe Ben sh sh you might have done just that clear that if this was not his decision that it was his body's decision and how frustrated that was for him and for dominant team to a certain extent it's a similar scenario where he was in the CL that's explosive it's a fine start for Ben Shelton here in New York as he brings to an end the major career of Dominic [Applause] team there respect to the net there from Shelton to Dominic team Shelton the semi-finalist last year starts off with a bang terrific level from him wonderful serving and wants to hear it for Dominic team from the crowd Shelton gets the win but this moment is really about this man Dominic team and what he's meant to the sport and there is Stacy Al the tournament director on the court to congratulate him on a a magnificent career at Majors four times a finalist

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