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By Chloe Bennett
Grand Slam tennis rarely bleeds into the predawn hours without physical collapse, yet Ben Shelton turned Arthur Ashe Stadium into an endurance lab. His five-set victory over Carlos Alcaraz concluded at 3:33 a.m., shattering the previous U.S. Open latest finish record by twenty-seven minutes. The match showcased Shelton’s explosive serve alongside a measured, baseline counter-punching strategy that neutralized Alcaraz's signature drop shots.
Shelton leaned heavily on his collegiate tennis background from Florida, maintaining a 138 mph first-serve average well past the four-hour mark. Tournament historic comebacks typically hinge on sudden momentum shifts, but this match was an attritional war. Alcaraz converted just 3 of 14 break points across the final two sets as fatigue compromised his footwork on Arthur Ashe's humid hard courts.
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