American former competitive swimmer Michael Phelps is the most successful and distinguished Olympian in history with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the record for the most Olympic gold medals in history.
Phelps recently expressed appreciation for young tennis players during a conversation with a US Open media representative. Phelps praised the US Open competitors Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff, and Ben Shelton for their impressive performances.
Phelps stated: “The men’s side, it’s gonna be tough to beat Alcaraz. Coco’s playing great right now. It’ll be interesting to see how things mix up coming down the stretch. But a lot of studs, a lot of exciting tennis.”
He further added: “Watching Shelton last night was unbelievable. You now watching a 20-year-old kid, go out there and just have fun. You know you could see that, you could see his pure emotions his joy his excitement. It was cool.”
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Alcaraz at the U.S. Open, ranking, and results in 2023
WWWWWWWWWL At the moment ranked no.1, Carlos owns an overall 58-6 win-loss record in 2023. The Spaniard is participating at the U.S. Open where he beat the world no.75 Dominik Koepfer 6-2 3-2 ret., the world no.177 Lloyd Harris 6-3 6-1 7-64, the world no.28 Daniel Evans 6-2 6-3 4-6 6-3, the world no.61 Matteo Arnaldi 6-3 6-3 6-4 and the world no.12 Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-2 6-4.
Carlos Alcaraz will square off with the world no.3 Daniil Medvedev in the semifinal. Their actual head to head record is 2-1 for Alcaraz.
Carlos has won 6 titles in 2023 in Buenos Aires, Indian Wells, Barcelona, Madrid, London and Wimbledon. Alcaraz was the finalist in Rio de Janeiro (Rio Open) and in Cincinnati (Western & Southern Open).
The Spaniard won 12 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts, 7 on clay courts and 2 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
Gauff at the U.S. Open, ranking, and results in 2023
LWWLWWWLWW Currently the world no.6, Coco achieved a 43-13 win-loss record in 2023. The American is now having a run at the U.S. Open where she defeated the world no.121 Laura Siegemund 3-6 6-2 6-4, the world no.63 Mirra Andreeva 6-3 6-2, the world no.32 Elise Mertens 3-6 6-3 6-0, the world no.623 Caroline Wozniacki 6-3 3-6 6-1 and the world no.21 Jelena Ostapenko 6-0 6-2.
Coco Gauff will square off with the world no.10 Karolina Muchova in the semifinal on Thursday at 7:00 pm on ARTHUR ASHE STADIUM. Their head to head is 1-0 for Gauff.
The American clinched 3 titles in 2023 in Auckland, Washington and Cincinnati.
Coco won 5 titles in her career: 3 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 1 on indoor courts. (See the list of her titles)
Shelton at the U.S. Open, ranking, and results in 2023
Now the world no.47, Shelton has managed to achieve an overall 19-22 match record in 2023. The American is playing at the moment at the U.S. Open where he conquered the world no.66 Pedro Cachin 1-6 6-3 6-2 6-4, the world no.81 Dominic Thiem 7-61 1-0 ret., the world no.77 Aslan Karatsev 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-0, the world no.14 Tommy Paul 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-4 and the world no.10 Frances Tiafoe 6-2 3-6 7-67 6-2.
Ben Shelton will face the world no.2 Novak Djokovic in the semifinal. They have never played each other until now on the main tour.
