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08/13 21:17 CDT Shelton successfully defends National Bank Open title, beating
Nakashima in an all-American final
Shelton successfully defends National Bank Open title, beating Nakashima in an
all-American final
MONTREAL (AP) --- Ben Shelton successfully defended his National Bank Open
title, beating Brandon Nakashima 6-3, 7-6 (4) in an all-American final Thursday
night.
The fifth-seeded Shelton has seven career ATP Tour victories, also winning this
year in Dallas, Munich and Stuttgart. He won the Canadian event last year in
Toronto.
Shelton didn't drop a set in the tournament. The first repeat winner in Canada
since Rafael Nadal in 2019, the 23-year-old left-hander will move up to sixth
in the world ranking.
Shelton served at 142 mph without surrendering a break point throughout the
match that lasted 1 hour, 27 minutes.
The 28th-seeded Nakashima won his lone tour title in 2022 in San Diego.
In the doubles final, Brazil's Rafael Matos and Orlando Luz edged Croatia's
Mate Pavic and El Salvador's Marcelo Arevalo 5-7, 6-4, 10-6.
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