The 21st seed Ben Shelton is through to his second Major semi-final at the Australian Open, the first in Melbourne. The young American ousted Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 in three hours and 50 minutes, remaining on the title course.

In the Australian Open quarterfinals on Tuesday, Ben Shelton faces Lorenzo Sonego.In his last match on Monday, Shelton defeated Gael Monfils in three sets, 7-6, 6-7, 7-6, 1-0, to move on past the

Ben Shelton battled to a four-set win over Lorenzo Sonego to reach his second grand slam semi-final. The big-serving American made his breakthrough at the Australian Open two years ago with a run to the quarter-finals on his debut before bettering that at the US Open.

Since 1988, when the Australian Open moved to Melbourne Park, Shelton is just the second left-handed player to reach the semi-finals of both hard court grand slams, after the great Rafael Nadal. He is also the youngest left-handed player to reach the Australian Open semi-finals since Nadal back in 2008.

Ben Shelton advanced to the semi-final of the hard court major after beating Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4) at the Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday.

Ben Shelton reached the semifinals at the 2025 Australian Open, showing the whole world all his progress with a series of great performances in the last ten days. The American ace plays his best tennis on these courts and – from the first round – had promised that he would achieve a prestigious result in the first Grand Slam of the new season.

Ben Shelton has never been to a Grand Slam final, but he'll have to beat the No. 1 tennis player in the world to get there.

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