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Shelton slams tennis second serve rule after US Open final defeat to Alexander Zverev

short by Ishaan Mukherjee / on Monday, 14 September, 2026
Following his defeat to Alexander Zverev in the US Open final, Ben Shelton criticised current tennis rules and called for a time limit on second serves. "If [Zverev] is bouncing...ball 20 to 25 times, I shouldn't have to just sit there for that...He never does less than 10 bounces," Shelton said. Notably, the first serve has a 25-second time limit.
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