Shelton subdues Wawrinka 7-6, 7-5 to reach quarters at the Swiss Indoors Basel
Ben Shelton from the United States is on the prowl for his second title of the season having triumphed on the dirt in Houston (d. Tiafoe) in April. Unable to defend his title in Tokyo, his ranking dropped from a career-high of thirteen to #23. The twenty-two-year-old southpaw from Atlanta, Georgia with a win/loss record of 38/23, is the sixth seed in Basel facing the Swiss national, Stan Wawrinka.
Wawrinka, who has won sixteen career titles, including three grand slams, is currently ranked #169, having achieved a career-high rank of #3 a decade ago. The thirty-nine-year-old tour veteran continues to work his way back up the rankings following several debilitating injuries and surgeries.
This fall he has played at an exceedingly high level dispatching Brandon Nakashima, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, and Andrey Rublev at the Nordic Open before succumbing…
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