Queen’s: Shelton into second round, wins first-ever pro match on grass

Ben Shelton advanced to the second round of the Queen’s by winning against J.J. Wolf (LL) 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) at Queen’s Club in London on Monday afternoon.

Shelton, ranked No 35, will face the winner of the match between Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 6 seed, and wildcard Jan Choinski next.

1st professional match on grass ✅

1st professional win on grass ✅@BenShelton comes through 7-6 7-6 against JJ Wolf at Queens!#cinchChampionships pic.twitter.com/H3T8KYKTml

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) June 19, 2023

“The Mountain” will feature at UTS Los Angeles next month.

Read also

Shelton joins Kyrgios, Fritz, Tiafoe in UTS Showdown in Los Angeles

Tennis Majors

London ATP500, other first-round results (Queen’s Club, grass, EUR 2.195.175, most recent results first):

• Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Taylor Fritz
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
• Alex De Minaur vs. Andy Murray
• Jordan Thompson vs. Milos Raonic
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Arthur Fils
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Liam Broady
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Maxime Cressy vs. Holger Rune
• Tommy Paul vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Jan Choinski
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Sebastian Korda vs. Daniel Evans: monday
• Cameron Norrie (5) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Ryan Peniston (WC) beat Ugo Humbert: 6-4, 6-2