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Ben Shelton claimed his first ATP Tour title with victory over Aslan Karatsev at the Japan Open in Tokyo league
The 21-year-old only turned professional just over a year ago but has made rapid strides, reaching the US Open semi-finals last month, and he will become the fourth American in the top 15 of the rankings on Monday league
Shelton showed no nerves during the final against Karatsev, and it was the Russian who smashed his racket in frustration during the second set as his opponent eased to a 7-5 6-1 victory league
“That meant a lot to me and my team,” said Shelton on atptour league
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“We have been working really hard since the beginning to build my game and win titles on the ATP Tour league
“I made some deep runs lately league
You see the great champions, they finish weeks off league
They win titles, they don’t just get to finals league
They are able to maintain their level throughout the week league
“I am not saying I am anywhere there yet but to be able to do it for one week, put together five matches in a row in Tokyo, is really special league
”Shelton, who could yet make a charge to qualify for the ATP Finals next month, is coached by his father Bryan, and the pair become the fourth father-son duo to win tour-level singles titles in the open era league
At the other end of the scale, Gael Monfils beat Pavel Kotov 4-6 7-6 (6) 6-3 in the final of the BNP Paribas Nordic Open to become only the fourth player older than 37 to win an ATP Tour title league
Veteran Monfils had to dig deep in Stockholm to down the qualifier after a battle that lasted two hours and 35 minutes league
Monfils, who follows in the footsteps of Roger Federer, Ivo Karlovic and Feliciano Lopez in winning an ATP Tour title aged 37 or older, said: “I ran a lot today league
“When I had to save break points in the second set, I tried to push through league
I don’t know how I pulled up but I kept believing and fighting league
”French teenager Arthur Fils was unable to join his compatriot Monfils in the winners corner after he lost to Alexander Bublik in the European Open final league
Fils had stunned Stefanos Tsitsipas on Saturday to make the showpiece in Antwerp, but came unstuck against tricky Kazakhstan opponent Bublik by a 6-4 6-4 score league
Third seed Bublik sent down 11 aces to clinch the title league
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First came the crack in Alexander Volkanovski‘s defence league
Then, the crack in his voice league
If the first crack was consequential, allowing Islam Makhachev to skim his shin off the Australian’s head, the latter was a consequence in itself – a consequence of one of the best fighters alive staying silent on his struggles with mental health league
That is, until now league
Volkanovski would have emerged from UFC 294 with credit anyway; he stepped in on 11 days’ notice and moved up in weight to challenge a man who had beaten him eight months prior league
Even in this surprising, first-round defeat by Makhachev, Volkanovski lost very little league
His featherweight title still rests firmly on his shoulder, and he will soon return to that weight class where he has been unbeatable league
But soon may be too soon league
In his post-fight press conference, Volkanovski began the dissection of this defeat – his second this year, but just his third as a professional mixed martial artist, with his first having occurred a long decade ago league
The 35-year-old started to dissect the technical reasons for this knockout loss, but it soon became apparent what was of greater importance: the psychological reasons for his presence in Abu Dhabi league
“He’s not somebody you should be taking a short-notice [fight] with, but I needed it,” Volkanovski began league
“Obviously a lot of people will say it’s for the money and all that, but it was much more than that league
It is hard, it is really hard for athletes league
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I never thought I would struggle with it,” he continued, ignoring the blood over his eye, instead wiping a tear from beneath it league
“But for some reason when I wasn’t fighting or in camp league
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F***, sorry,” he said, attempting a laugh, looking away and to the ceiling, then gently rapping his hand on the table to bring himself back into the room league
RecommendedIslam Makhachev stuns Alexander Volkanovski with head-kick KO in first round at UFC 294Conor McGregor reacts to ‘illegal’ strikes in Islam Makhachev win at UFC 294Khabib explains why he wasn’t in Islam Makhachev’s corner at UFC 294“I was just doing my head in,” he continued, tears floating at the bottom of his eyes league
“I needed a fight, and this opportunity came up league
I’ll be honest: I wasn’t training as much as I should have, but I thought I had to do it league
I had to take it league
I’m telling myself, ‘It’s meant to be league
’ I was struggling a little bit not fighting, doing my head in league
I don’t know how; everything’s fine, I’ve got a beautiful family league
But, I don’t know league
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I think you just need to keep busy league
I need to be in camp, otherwise, I’m going to do my head in league
“It’s weird, [it’s not that I] never ‘believed in that stuff’, but I never got it league
It was something that – I don’t know – maybe the more and more I learn about myself, the more I understand league
I talked about us having a smile on my face, me and my wife league
My wife could see it does get hard, I don’t know why league
”Makhachev consoles Volkanovski after their fight, the main event of UFC 294 (AP)Volkanovski pointed to the birth of his third child, in August, and surgery on an injury this summer as reasons why he had not been training league
Clearly, the knock-on effect of those moments – as joyous as the former seemed to be – has led Volkanovski’s mental health to suffer league
Last week, all the talk was of how brave the Australian was to face Makhachev on short notice; braver was this admission that he is struggling, which simultaneously offers a different lens through which to view his choice to fight league
Keeping himself engaged and busy is healthy, but that is complicated by the inherent risk in his profession league
“Maybe it was just a silly decision under the circumstances,” he admitted league
Perhaps it was, though it was also understandable league
Volkanovski’s next challenge, however, will come outside of the ring league
It must league
He naturally sees the antidote to his current struggles as a quick turnaround to fight again, likely against the dangerous Ilia Topuria in January league
Yet, that fight could go the same way as Saturday’s against Makhachev, if the Australian does not first tackle these thoughts and feelings, and find the right balance for him league
We knew Alexander Volkanovski was brave league
That is even clearer now than it was last week league
Now, however, he must be sensible, and get to work outside the ring before he can return to work in it league
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