Don’t celebrate until you separate: The Nadal call behind Shelton’s final

After Ben Shelton won Montreal and went out in the first round at Cincinnati a week later, his father called Rafael Nadal to ask how a player backs up a big win. The answer became five words in the Shelton camp, and 48 hours after beating Carlos Alcaraz at three in the morning, his son played the most methodical match of his life.

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