America’s tennis prodigy, Ben Shelton once again amazed the tennis fraternity with an unbelievably high speed serve. This tennis star has already stolen a lot of spotlight after qualifying in the semi-finals of the first-ever Grand Slam tournament he played in his professional career. Now in a recent match, Ben Shelton stunned the everyone with another epic tennis record, which even the ‘Tennis Channel’ announcers couldn’t properly explain to the fans.
Previously during the 2023 US Open, Shelton surprised his fans with a 147 mph first serve. It was not the only record Shelton made in his professional career. This is because, in the recent ASB Classic tournament, Shelton made another serving record. Ben Shelton’s serving speed was so high at this moment that commentators couldn’t grasp how fast it was.
Ben Shelton’s amazing serving speed in tennis confused the tennis channel commentators
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Recently, a trusted tennis source posted on their official X (formerly Twitter) profile that Ben Shelton’s 149 mph serving speed surprised commentators as they couldn’t tell how fast it was. This source commented- “Ben Shelton 149 MPH serve on match point @TennisChannel announcers didn’t know how fast it was because their conversion chart from kilometers to miles didn’t go high enough.”
Ben Shelton 149 MPH serve on match point@TennisChannel announcers didn’t know how fast it was because their conversion chart from kilometers to miles didn’t go high enough😂
— Ricky Dimon (@Dimonator) January 11, 2024
Shelton’s record made his fans to remember his outstanding performance at the 2023 US Open. After surprising the fraternity with a 147mph serving speed in the first round, Shelton made another record in his career by making it 149 mph in the recent ASB Classic tournament.
Ben Shelton’s serving speed record made fans more excited because the Tennis Channel’s conversion chart couldn’t calculate the speed in kilometers. Now this made the commentators truly surprised as they also couldn’t tell how fast the ball went.
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What are American tennis prodigy, Shelton’s career achievements in professional tennis?
At the age of twenty-one, Ben Shelton’s professional tennis career is already a bedazzled one. This tennis’ rising star already bagged his quarter-finalist position at the 2023 Australian Open. Ben Shelton might not have won any Grand Slam yet but he has attracted quite a huge number of tennis fans to his marvelous performance. Shelton started making his country proud with the 2022 NCAA Division 1 Championship. After that, he won two ATP Challenger titles in 2022. The official website of ATP recorded a 77% victory at his first serve points and 52% wins in his second serve points. He made his country proud by bagging the semifinalist position at the 2023 US Open. Following his father and former tennis player Bryan Shelton’s guidance, Ben Shelton is truly a tennis maestro in the making.
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Ben Shellton’s amazing serving speed record once again made fans hopeful about this tennis prodigy’s future achievements in the sport. If Shelton continues to show such great performance, he will soon return home with his first Grand Slam trophy.
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