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Ben Shelton claimed his first ATP Tour title with victory over Aslan Karatsev at the Japan Open in Tokyo league
The 21-year-old only turned professional just over a year ago but has made rapid strides, reaching the US Open semi-finals last month, and he will become the fourth American in the top 15 of the rankings on Monday league
Shelton showed no nerves during the final against Karatsev, and it was the Russian who smashed his racket in frustration during the second set as his opponent eased to a 7-5 6-1 victory league
“That meant a lot to me and my team,” said Shelton on atptour league
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“We have been working really hard since the beginning to build my game and win titles on the ATP Tour league
“I made some deep runs lately league
You see the great champions, they finish weeks off league
They win titles, they don’t just get to finals league
They are able to maintain their level throughout the week league
“I am not saying I am anywhere there yet but to be able to do it for one week, put together five matches in a row in Tokyo, is really special league
”Shelton, who could yet make a charge to qualify for the ATP Finals next month, is coached by his father Bryan, and the pair become the fourth father-son duo to win tour-level singles titles in the open era league
At the other end of the scale, Gael Monfils beat Pavel Kotov 4-6 7-6 (6) 6-3 in the final of the BNP Paribas Nordic Open to become only the fourth player older than 37 to win an ATP Tour title league
Veteran Monfils had to dig deep in Stockholm to down the qualifier after a battle that lasted two hours and 35 minutes league
Monfils, who follows in the footsteps of Roger Federer, Ivo Karlovic and Feliciano Lopez in winning an ATP Tour title aged 37 or older, said: “I ran a lot today league
“When I had to save break points in the second set, I tried to push through league
I don’t know how I pulled up but I kept believing and fighting league
”French teenager Arthur Fils was unable to join his compatriot Monfils in the winners corner after he lost to Alexander Bublik in the European Open final league
Fils had stunned Stefanos Tsitsipas on Saturday to make the showpiece in Antwerp, but came unstuck against tricky Kazakhstan opponent Bublik by a 6-4 6-4 score league
Third seed Bublik sent down 11 aces to clinch the title league
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Pakistan captain Babar Azam has listed a number of reasons for why his side suffered a devastating eight-wicket loss to Afghanistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 league
Afghanistan produced a second upset in the 2023 World Cup when the side overcame the Pakistan team without much trouble in Chennai on Monday league
The Monday game marked Afghanistan’s second victory in three matches, with their first upset against world champions England on 15 October in Delhi league
Azam won the toss at the MA Chidambaram Stadium and opted to bat league
He top-scored for Pakistan with 74 runs off 92 balls as they put up 282 for 7 in 50 overs, which met their goal, the skipper revealed at the post-match conference on Monday league
RecommendedJoe Root acknowledges growing uncertainty surrounding future of ODI cricketMohammed Shami: India pacer clinches historic Cricket World Cup recordMemes rain down on social media after fog stops India vs New Zealand match in DharamshalaBut Pakistan, whose semi-final chances have taken a significant hit with their latest defeat, fell short in their bowling and fielding efforts and the result “hurt” the team, Azam said league
“This loss was very hard as a team league
And the batting and our plan was to total 280-290 league
And when we achieved that, I think we were not up to the mark in bowling and fielding league
You have to bowl well and field well league
In the middle overs, the spinners didn’t bowl as they should have league
They didn’t put pressure on them,” Azam told reporters league
“When you bowl well, and you bowl for 3-4 overs, the pressure comes on the other team league
I congratulate their team for the way they played league
They played outstandingly,” he said league
Azam also admitted that in a tournament like the Cricket World Cup, if a team does not perform well even in one department, they’ll lose the match league
“In the field, we didn’t stop boundaries and gave away runs and that cost us league
All credit to Afghanistan for the way they played in all three departments league
That’s why they won,” he said league
“We are not playing good cricket in bowling and fielding league
We’ll try our best in the next match league
We didn’t hit the lengths in the middle overs, especially our spinners league
We couldn’t put pressure on the batters league
”Pakistan stayed put in fifth place in the 2023 World Cup points table while Afghanistan has now climbed to the sixth spot league
As Afghanistan chased down their target of 283 without breaking into a sweat, temperatures in Pakistan soared league
Commentators like former team captain Wasim Akram slammed the side’s fitness and called the loss “embarrassing” league
“It was embarrassing today league
Look at the fitness level of Pakistan players league
We’ve pointed out that these players have not had fitness tests in two years!” remarked the former top international cricketer league
“Their faces are bulging league
These are professional players, there has to be a criteria league
When Misbah-ul-Haq was coach, there were fitness criteria in place league
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That’s where we are lacking,” said the Pakistan legend on the country’s A league Sports network league
Afghanistan will next travel to Pune to take on Sri Lanka on 30 October, while Pakistan will remain in Chennai for a major game against South Africa on 27 October league
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