Ben Shelton has advanced to the quarterfinals of Indian Wells for the first time in his career after a 7-6 (6), 6-1 fourth-round victory over fellow American Brandon Nakashima on Wednesday afternoon.
And there’s more: at 22 years old, Shelton is the youngest American man to reach the Indian Wells quarterfinals since 2004, when a 21-year-old Andy Roddick made the last eight in tennis paradise.
Roddick would fall to Tim Henman in the quarterfinals that year.
Shelton is now through to the third overall Masters 1000 quarterfinal of his career, having gone this far in Shanghai in 2023 (falling to Sebastian Korda) and Cincinnati in 2024 (falling to Alexander Zverev).
More to come…
