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- Shelton rallies in 3rd set to outlast Cobolli for a quarterfinal spot in Toronto</p>
<p>August 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM</p>
<p>1 / 5Toronto TennisBen Shelton of the United States, hits a backhand return to Flavio Cobolli, of Italy, during their match at the National Bank Open men's tennis tournament in Toronto, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)</p>
<p>TORONTO (AP) — Fourth-seeded Ben Shelton of the United States rallied in the third set to beat 13th-seeded Flavio Cobolli of Italy 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (1) on Sunday night in the National Bank Open.</p>
<p>Shelton overcame a 4-2 deficit in the final set to advance to the quarterfinals Tuesday in the hard-court event that ends Thursday.</p>
<p>"Really difficult match. I was down and out, being a break down in the third, the way that he was playing," Shelton said. "I gave myself a second chance and I did a good job with it, kind of running from there. A really difficult opponent for me, someone who's gotten me in three sets after I've won the first set twice."</p>
<p>He will face ninth-seeded Alex de Minaur of Australia, a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 winner over seventh-seeded Frances Tiafoe of the United States 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.</p>
<p>The 22-year-old Shelton has two ATP Tour victories, in Tokyo on hard courts in 2023 and Houston on clay last year. The victory Sunday was his 100th in 169 tour matches.</p>
<p>"I thought I did a really good job rallying and finding a way to put returns in the court late in the match," Shelton said. "I was struggling with my two biggest weapons, the serve and the first-ball forehand. Coming through in the end I think speaks a lot about my mental toughness and my ability to be scrappy in those moments, more so than my actual play."</p>
<p>The 23-year-old Cobolli won clay events in Hamburg and Bucharest this year for his lone tour titles.</p>
<p>Earlier, sixth-seeded Audrey Rublev of Russia led Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain 6-7 (3), 7-6 (2), 3-0 when Davidovich Fokina retired because of exhaustion.</p>
<p>Rublev will face the winner of the late match between second-seeded Taylor Fritz of the United States and Jiri Lehecka of Czechia.</p>
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<p>AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis</p>
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