Ben Shelton falls to 140th-ranked Otta Virtanen at Wimbledon in first-round stunner
Shelton was eliminated on Tuesday, losing in the first round at the grass-court Grand Slam for the first time in his young career.
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Tennis Ben Shelton falls to 140th-ranked Otta Virtanen at Wimbledon in first-round stunner By Associated Press Published June 30, 2026, 4:45 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google LONDON — Ben Shelton wasted a match point in the fifth-set tiebreaker against qualifier Otto Virtanen at Wimbledon in what the fourth-seeded American called “one of the toughest losses of my career.” Shelton was eliminated 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (8), 6-2, 7-6 (9) on Tuesday, losing in the first round at the grass-court Grand Slam for the first time in his young career. The 23-year-old Shelton led 8-5 in the deciding 10-point tiebreaker against his 140th-ranked opponent and had match point at 9-8 but made an unforced error and then lost the next two points.
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