Sinner shines against Shelton, reaches Wimbledon QFs

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a very much looked the part of the No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Rankings on Sunday at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a./p

pThe Italian dismissed dangerous 14th seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ben-shelton/s0s1/overview'Ben Shelton/a 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(9) to reach the quarter-finals at The Championships for the third consecutive year. The 22-year-old is the first Italian man in history to make the last eight at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a three times./p

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pSinner had to work hard in his first two matches (both four-setters), especially in a second-round blockbuster against countryman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matteo-berrettini/bk40/overview'Matteo Berrettini/a, who pushed him to a fourth-set tie-break. He has not lost a set in two matches since./p

pThe top seed needed to be sharp against Shelton, who loves competing on the biggest stages against the top players. Last year in October the American defeated the Italian in a final-set tie-break. It was not outlandish to think Shelton could cause problems for this yearrsquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a champion with his booming serve on the No. 1 Court grass. /p

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pBut for the most part, Sinner neutralised Sheltonrsquo;s serve. The 14th seed only won 70 per cent of his first-serve points and lost four service games in the two-hour, eight-minute match./p

pShelton entered the encounter having played every day of the tournament due to rain, and he played the maximum 15 sets through three matches. Sinner critically was able to dominate rallies of zero to four shots by an 81-62 margin and pushed his opponent well behind the baseline during many rallies./p

pShelton is at his best when he is dictating off his serve and controlling the action. But Sinner, who is now 42-3 on the season, did well to control how the match would be played./p

pAs the match wore on, the 21-year-old Shelton clawed his way into the fourth-round clash and broke the Italianrsquo;s serve early in the third set. He also had set points in the third-set tie-break, but was unable to keep alive his hopes of reaching a maiden a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a quarter-final./p

pSinner, who now leads Shelton 3-1 in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series,nbsp;will play fifth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a or 10th seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/grigor-dimitrov/d875/overview'Grigor Dimitrov/a in the quarter-finals./p

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