Ben Shelton lifts maiden grass-court trophy with victory over Taylor Fritz in Stuttgart

[p]The ‌23-year-old, ranked world number five, ‌had to dig deep on his serve, saving ‌nine of the 11 ⁠break ‌points he faced.[/p][embed guid="f306b5fd-3d63-43a5-87ae-9183a743628e" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2066160510261715391" social-type="twitter" /][p]It was [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shelton-ben/QNuG0Gzb/"]Shelton[/a]'s sixth ​career title and his third this season, ​following wins in Dallas and Munich.[/p][p]"[b]It means a lot ⁠to ​me[/b]," Shelton said. "[b]Certainly a difficult week, not an easy week to get through. ‌I'm pretty exhausted, but to play the way I did against the quality of opponents I played in very tight matches and getting a win today against one of the ‌best grass-court players in ​the world is a ‌huge boost[/b]."[/p][p]The only other player to have won three titles this season is Italian world number ⁠one [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sinner-jannik/6HdC3z4H/"]Jannik ⁠Sinner[/a].[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/fritz-t-UH09iaZ6/shelton-b-QNuG0Gzb/?mid=GSXOeFWI"]Check out the match stats here![/a][/b][/p][embed guid="73b84bad-df89-48b7-b442-0f82feccc01f" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2066183966097367387" social-type="twitter" /]