The 21-year-old American tennis player, Ben Shelton has been firing on all cylinders this year. His impressive breakthrough performance at the highest level of the game has put him in the dreams of Nick Kyrgios. The 28-year-old Australian recently took to X (formerly known as Twitter), to reveal his dream. Can Ben Shelton fulfill his dream?

Well, his potential has been time and again proved this year. Shelton won his first tour-level title this year at the Japan Open. He has had quite a few remarkable runs this year at the bigger events and here’s why Nick Kyrgios is so optimistic about this young lad.

Nick Kyrgios’ dream with a bit of self-bragging about Ben Shelton

Shelton broke into the top 15 in October this year. But then gradually went two spots behind to end the year at world number 17 in men’s singles rankings. He caught the attention of the tennis run with his remarkable runs at the AO and US Open this year. Shelton came very close to creating a historic feat in the US Open and now he looks to repeat the heroics next year. But Nick Kyrgios thinks way ahead of just featuring in QFs, and SFs, the Australian rates this young American quite highly.

He has even praised his aggressive style of play and ‘rocket’ serves drawing a parallel with himself. ‘I had a dream last night that Shelton won a slam…. Is 2024 the year? Come to think of it, game is huge, serve is a rocket…. Reminds me of….‘ Nick Kyrgios tweeted. 2023 has been quite good for Ben Shelton but for Kyrgios this has been a year he would like to forget.

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Kyrgios has played only one match at the ATP level in 2023. He has battling with a knee and wrist injury for quite some time now. 2024 is going to be an action-packed season. The Australian poster boy of the tennis world surely loves to make a comeback in front of his home crowd in January. But can he do that?

Kyrgios has to weather the storm to make a comeback in his homeland

The 2022 Wimbledon finalist has been trying his best to make a comeback for a long time now. But reports suggest he won’t be back until Wimbledon next year. Kyrgios didn’t even featured in the official entry list for the Brisbane International and AO which were announced on Wednesday. Does this give an indication?

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Well, he still has a chance to make a late entry. But featuring at the AO seems quite unlikely after he had admitted that he’d need the stars to align for him to get a chance to play at the first Grand Slam of 2024. Can Kyrgios make a statement with his comeback in 2024?

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