Ben Shelton has lit up this US Open with his booming serves of up to 149mph, but one of his nearest and dearest is not so pleased. During his scintillating run to the semi-finals, the new American kid on the block walked off the court after one of his matches to a dressing-down from his father and coach, Bryan.
“Dad is always upset when I go for the bombs,” Shelton, 20, said. “He was saying to me, ‘I know you looked at the [speed] clock right after.’ They had a little statistic up on the screen of fastest serves of the tournament. He’s like, ‘I know you were looking up at that, too, to see you were No 1 on the leaderboard.’ He gave me
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