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Ben Shelton on his warm embrace with Frances Tiafoe after losing to him at the US Open, ‘It’s important to show it sometimes that you can be happy for a guy when they beat you’
“You just seemed really, really excited for Frances. What were kind of the emotions going through your mind when you met at the net and what did you guys chat about?”
Ben: “Yeah, obviously I thought he played lights-out today. That was one of the things you've got to be happy for a guy and congratulate, especially a guy like him when he's playing the way he's playing.
I think that it's important to show it sometimes that, you know, you can be happy for a guy when they beat you. Obviously there are some things I want to do better. I'm a competitor. I always want to win.
But, you know, I've taken a few things from him in the past year, and I thought that he's always handled it well. You know, maybe not like a big embrace when we're on the court. But soon or right after it's like things are back to normal. But one of those cool environments in matches to be a part of. It didn't feel right to just go up with a negative look on my face, shake his hand and walk off the court, because he played some great ball today.
I told him, you know, keep serving like that, keep returning like that, and see where this thing goes. Obviously he took me out here, so let's see what he can do.”
“What do you mean when you say you're happy for him, especially a guy like that?The way he plays, the way the start of the season went? What did you mean by that?”
Ben: “No, just a guy like that, how good of a guy he is, always smiling, not really ever a negative look on his face. One of those guys that's fun to be around in the locker room. You know, he's always cracking jokes. Even I beat him in the final of Houston, he's giving me shout outs in his post-match speech, just like a good guy.
I didn't mean anything negative by it. Just a great guy, yeah.” ❤️
(via US Open Press)
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