{"id":46886,"date":"2026-09-09T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T08:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=46886"},"modified":"2026-09-09T08:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T08:00:19","slug":"ben-shelton-stuns-defending-champion-carlos-alcaraz-to-reach-us-open-semifinals-tennis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=46886","title":{"rendered":"Ben Shelton stuns defending champion Carlos Alcaraz to reach US Open semifinals | Tennis News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133959063,imgsize-32069,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/ben-shelton-0909-s.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Shelton stuns defending champion Carlos Alcaraz to reach US Open semifinals\" title=\"Ben Shelton (Image credit: US Open)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Ben Shelton (Image credit: US Open)\">Ben Shelton (Image credit: US Open)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>USA&#8217;s Ben Shelton produced a stunning performance to beat defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and reach the US Open semifinals at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>Shelton defeated World No. 2 Alcaraz in a five-set thriller, winning 6-7, 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 to book his place in the last four.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The American fought through a dramatic deciding set before winning the final tiebreak and completing one of the biggest wins of the tournament.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The match went down to a tiebreak in the fifth set after both players traded sets throughout the contest.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Shelton eventually held his nerve to win the deciding tiebreak and knock out the defending champion.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>More to follow &#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/tennis\/top-stories\/ben-shelton-stuns-defending-champion-carlos-alcaraz-to-reach-us-open-semifinals\/articleshow\/133958963.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Shelton (Image credit: US Open) USA&#8217;s Ben Shelton produced a stunning performance to beat defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and reach the US Open semifinals at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday.Shelton defeated World No. 2 Alcaraz in a five-set thriller, winning 6-7, 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 to book his place in the last four.The American&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}