Ben Shelton comes from behind twice to set up all-American final against Fritz

[p]The world number five showed ‌real staying power to win [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/lehecka-j-6PlgfXKR/shelton-b-QNuG0Gzb/?mid=lhETpZ6t"]6-7(4), 7-6(14,) ‌7-6(6)[/a], having been forced to an earlier ‌finish off his quarter-final against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shimabukuro-sho/86URR6MP/"]Sho Shimabukuro[/a].[/p][p][b]"Sometimes tennis doesn’t go to plan,"[/b] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shelton-ben/QNuG0Gzb/"]‌Shelton[/a] said after his third ⁠three-set win ‌of the week at the ATP grasscourt event. [b]"I ​lost the first set in every single match I ​played.[/b][/p][p][b]"But there are a lot of ways to win a match. I've ⁠been choosing ​the most difficult route."[/b][/p][p]Shelton saved his match points in a marathon second-set tiebreak on his way to a two-hour-52-minute ‌victory.[/p][embed guid="c9385332-b4d2-43d1-a94f-737589bfb9ff" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2065835565598007625?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"I'm very tired but excited to be playing him in another final," [/b]said Shelton, who is seeking a third title of the season.[/p][p]Reigning champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fritz-taylor/UH09iaZ6/"]Fritz[/a] had things easier as he beat the unpredictable [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bublik-alexander/t0WN9vR6/"]Alexander Bublik[/a] 6-4, 6-4, banging down 13 ‌aces.[/p][p]At the Libema Open in Hertogenbosch, ​Australia's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-minaur-alex/EZgZ9Xfh/"]Alex de Minaur[/a] beat Frenchman [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mannarino-adrian/fLOdtByM/"]‌Adrian Mannarino[/a] 6-4, 6-0 to set up a final against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/majchrzak-kamil/fPZlNrGS/"]Kamil Majchrzak[/a], who beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/medvedev-daniil/O8qG0Nhb/"]Daniil Medvedev[/a].[/p][p]Poland's Majchrzak won 7-6(4) 6-1 to reach ⁠his first ⁠ATP Tour singles ‌final.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/lehecka-j-6PlgfXKR/shelton-b-QNuG0Gzb/?mid=lhETpZ6t"]Check out the full match statistics on Flashscore[/a][/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="8376d8a8-6a4b-44da-8ee6-b7e19e65fd7d" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="183b8cd3-4230-446a-b93d-bebad45475f5" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /]