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Andrew Lawrence at Flushing Meadows

Ben Shelton: US Open’s viral problem child takes call for mission impossible

Ben Shelton celebrates his US Open quarter-final win over Frances Tiafoe on Tuesday night at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Ben Shelton celebrates his US Open quarter-final win over Frances Tiafoe on Tuesday night at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Photograph: Corey Sipkin/AFP/Getty Images

A few months ago Ben Shelton appeared on a podcast called All on the Table, a session he held with Christopher Eubanks and Frances Tiafoe. For an hour, the three Americans chewed the fat about life on tour between big bites of steak. But the conversation doesn’t really get interesting until Eubanks and Tiafoe, the seasoned professionals, ask Shelton what his ultimate goal is now that he’s spent a year on the men’s tour.

“I wanna be that dude in the draw that there’s not one player who wants to see me,” Shelton said.

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