‘Time to Keep Building’ – American Stars Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe ‘Pumped Up’ as They Create History With Their Australian Open Heroics

ATP American players have given some jaw-dropping performances at the Australian Open this year. Along with last year’s top performers, Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe, we saw the rise of Tommy Paul, Ben Shelton, and Sebastian Korda in the first major of the season. This achievement has led Americans to have multiple tennis players in the premium section of the ATP circuit, the Top 50. And the American players cannot help but boast about it.

Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe took to their social media platforms to share the delightful news, as Americans are on their way to script history.

Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton hail the performance of American ATP players

According to the new ATP ranking chart updates, there have been 10 American male tennis players in the Top 50. This is a huge moment for the American tennis community as now they have multiple players who can bring the US Open Grand Slam home.

Laste year’s US Open Grand Slam semi-finalist, Frances Tiafoe, took to Instagram to share with his fans his new ranking. The American player has attained a career-high ranking of world no. 15. He stated, “To 15 tones,” while sharing his ATP profile.

Apart from that, Australian Open quarter-finalist, Ben Shelton felt proud of his achievements. He stated, “Pretty pumped. Time to keep building.”

He has become the youngest American male player to reach any major’s quarterfinals since Andy Roddick at the US Open in 2002. Furthermore, he also halved more than half of his previous ranking to world no. 44. His previous ATP ranking was 89.

Besides that, we have Taylor Fritz in the Top 10 holding the rank of world no. 8. And then we have the Australian Open semi-finalist, Tommy Paul at world no. 19., and the son of the former tennis star Petr Korda, Sebastian Korda at world no. 26.

Korda, particularly, had a disappointing end to his incredible run in the tournament. He, unfortunately, had to retire mid-match in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open due to a wrist injury.

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Other American ATP players in the Top 50 are Jenson Brooksy, John Isner, JJ Wolf, Reilly Opelka, and Brandon Nakashima.

Tiafoe advised Mackenzie McDonald to enjoy his feat against Rafael Nadal

Even though one name is not there in the Top 50, we all know him for taking down none other than Rafael Nadal in the first round of the Australian Open. Mackenzie McDonald has achieved the ATP ranking of 63 after his heroics Down Under.

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In one of his press conferences, the World no.15, Tiafoe, stated that GOAT wins do not come easily. He advised the rising tennis player to embrace and enjoy his victory, as it is one of the greatest achievements in tennis.