At the 2023 U.S. Open, a then-20-year-old Ben Shelton burst onto the scene with a run to the semifinals, familiarizing New Yorkers with one of the game’s biggest serves and a particularly memorable victory celebration . For fans desperate to see an American man win a Grand Slam for the first time since 2003, Shelton — who broke into the top ten this summer and went on to win the biggest title of his young career earlier this month at the Masters tournament in Montreal — has since emerged as one of the few players who appear capable — just maybe — of breaking Carlos Alcaraz’s and Jannik Sinner’s strangleholds on Major championships, the past seven of which have been split between the Spaniard and the Italian (Shelton’s compatriot Taylor Fritz came closest at last year’s Open, losing t

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