South Jersey’s Tommy Paul upset in U.S. Open round of 16 by fellow American Ben Shelton

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South Jersey’s Tommy Paul upset in U.S. Open round of 16 by fellow American Ben Shelton
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Big-serving Ben Shelton has moved into the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open with a 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 victory over New Jersey's Tommy Paul.

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Shelton flexed his bicep to the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd after match point over the Voorhees Township native when he avenged a four-set win by Paul, 26, when the Americans met in this year’s Australian Open quarterfinals. He did that by winning 75% of his first-serve points, blasting 16 aces and putting in two serves in one game recorded at 149 mph .

Shelton, a 20-year-old who won the NCAA singles title at Florida in 2022, becomes the youngest American man to reach the final eightShelton next faces the winner of the match later Sunday between 10th-seeded Frances Tiafoe and Australian wild card Rinky Hijikata. Yet another American, ninth-seeded Taylor Fritz, also has a chance to make the quarterfinals if he can get past Swiss qualifier Dominic Stricker, who took out No. 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round.

For the 10th-seeded Czech, a 2021 Australian Open semifinalist who has reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon twice, it marked her deepest run ever at Flushing Meadows.

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