The Italian tennis player showed up at the Australian Open with his famously lengthy locks sheared, and he wound up winning his first-round match by a hair.

In the Round of 32 at the Australian Open on Friday, Lorenzo Musetti (ranked No. 15) takes on Ben Shelton (No. 20).Shelton earned a four-set win over Pablo Carreno Busta (6-3, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4) in

Lorenzo Musetti is the first Italian to reach the third round of this edition of the Australian Open tennis tournament. The 22-year-old from Carrara, ranked 15th in the world, battled for three

Highlights of the seventh day of the Australian Open on Saturday (all times GMT): 0904 SHELTON KNOCKS OUT MUSETTI Lorenzo Musetti was sent packing by American 21st seed Ben Shelton, who beat the Italian 16th seed 6-3 3-6 6-4 7-6(5).

Lorenzo Musetti debuted a new short hairstyle at the Australian Open, where he narrowly triumphed over Matteo Arnaldi in a challenging first-round match. Known for his previously long locks, Musetti hopes the new look will bring him fortune on the court.

Ben Shelton, a 22-year-old Atlanta native, is through to his first career Australian Open semifinal after defeating Italy's Lorenzo Sonego 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (4) on Wednesday in Melbourne.

The men's singles semi-finals will take centre stage as Novak Djokovic will face Alexander Zverev, while Jannik Sinner squares off against the big-serving Ben Shelton at the Australian Open 2025 on Friday,

Lorenzo Musetti (No. 15) will face Denis Shapovalov (No. 56) in the Round of 64 at the Australian Open on Wednesday, January 15.Shapovalov’s last competition was a win, 6-3, 6-3, over Yu

MELBOURNE, Australia — Lorenzo Musetti's man bun is a thing of the past: The Italian tennis player showed up at the Australian Open with his famously lengthy locks sheared, and he wound up ...

Ben Shelton has added his name to the elite group of tennis legends like Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, and others.

Ben Shelton is now a semi-finalist at two different majors after beating Lorenzo Sonego at the 2025 Australian Open. In 2023, Shelton first left the United States, and what a debut on foreign soil

Shelton has shown remarkable progresses in terms of mental strength and is intent on surprising everyone in this edition of the Happy Slam. He has already reached a Major semifinal, more precisely at the 2023 US Open, when he was defeated by Serbian legend Nole Djokovic.