For nearly four and a half hours, Ben Shelton battled Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in a quarterfinals marathon.
More than a million viewers tuned in to the late-night match, one of the most-watched at the 2026 US Open. Fans were on the edge of their seats until around 3:30 a.m. on September 9, when the American finally claimed victory. Some joked about calling in sick to work after.
For Shelton, it was “another day at the office.”
“The more you build up your match count, you build up your tolerance to playing that long; it starts to feel normal,” he told Business Insider.
The 23-year-old, coached by his dad, former ATP...
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