Sinner vs Shelton
Jannik Sinner will continue the journey at Wimbledon 2025 by confronting the seed No. 10 Ben Shelton in the quarterfinals. This is the seventh consecutive time the Italian tennis player has been in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam. However, this challenge is not easy when the other side of the net is a Shelton in the sublime form in London.
After the defeat in the Roland-Garros final against Carlos Alcaraz, Sinner entered the pitch season by attending Terra Worldmann Open in Halle. Despite being considered as the number one championship, the Italian star suddenly stopped in the second round after the defeat against Alexander Bublik, the player then won the championship.
However, Sinner quickly regained his form at Wimbledon. He defeated Luca Nardi, Aleksandar Vukic and Pedro Martinez in three white sets, before encountering a “shock” in the fourth round when leaving Grigor Dimitrov leading two sets. Fortunately, for the No. 1 seed, Dimitrov had a chest muscle injury and had to give up halfway. Although Sinner himself also had elbow pain in the match, he still won the right to continue and maintain a stable circuit in major tournaments.
On the opposite side, Ben Shelton entered Wimbledon after a series of impressive matches in Stuttgart, Queen's Club and Mallorca, with only 2 victories after 5 matches. However, the American tennis player when playing at All England Club. He has only lost a set after 4 matches, and possesses an extremely impressive serve: an average of 13.1 ACE each in this year's tournament.
Although Sinner is much more appreciated with outstanding confrontation advantages (winning 5, losing 1), including the victory of 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-2 in the semi-finals of Australian Open 2024, his physical condition is a big question mark. In the match against Dimitrov, Sinner fell in the first game and constantly hugged his elbow. This pain has a significant impact on the ability to serve the seed No. 1: The rate of serve one into the field is only 58% – lower than the average of 62% in the first 3 matches, and making 3 double errors.
With a strong serve, Shelton can completely take advantage of this to put pressure on a Sinner who does not achieve the best condition, even robbed a set. However, if the world's No. 1 player is physically fit to play, he is still a better candidate for the ticket to the semi -finals.
History of confrontation: Sinner 5-1 Shelton
Australia expanded (2025)-Semifinals: Sinner won 7-6 (2) 6-2 6-2
Shanghai Masters (2024)-Round 16: Sinner 6-4 7-6 (1)
Wimbledon (2024)-Round 4: Sinner 6-2 6-4 7-6 (9)
Indian Wells (2024)-Round 16: Sinner 7-6 (4) 6-1
Vienna (2023)-Round 32: Sinner 7-6 (2) 7-5
Shanghai Masters (2023)-Round 16: Shelton 2-6 6-3 7-6 (5)
Predict the match results: Sinner 3-0 Shelton
Shelton vs Sinner
– Tournament: Wimbledon 2025
– Category: Grand Slam
– Round: Men's quarterfinals
– The yard: grass
– Time: 20h30 on 9/7
– Location: London, UK
