Shelton withdraws from Tokyo
Ben Shelton has withdrawn from the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships due to injury, the tournament announced Friday.
The No. 6 player in the PIF ATP Rankings suffered a shoulder injury during his third-round match at the US Open against Adrian Mannarino and was forced to retire before starting the fifth set. He has not competed since.
The lefty won his first ATP Tour title two years ago in Tokyo on his debut at the ATP 500 event. Last year, he returned to Japan and made the quarter-finals, falling short in a final-set tie-break to eventual champion Arthur Fils.
Shelton owns a 37-18 record this season and is fifth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin. The 22-year-old is trying to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals for the first time.
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