5th set: Shelton 4-3* (40-40) Alcaraz
Huge backhand from Ben Shelton is too hot for Carlos Alcaraz and we’re 15-15 before the Spaniard nets a forehand. Now it’s the American’s turn to smell an opportunity.
A wild, brilliant backhand crosscourt pass is the stuff of dreams as it clips the line. Two break points.
Shelton then needlessly drifts his slice approach long and gets a ball straight at him at the net from Alcaraz to save the second.
Spanish arms in the air, baying for the crowd to stick with him.
Maybe it was no regrets, but Shelton might regret at least one of those two.
