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Ben Shelton claimed his first ATP Tour title with victory over Aslan Karatsev at the Japan Open in Tokyo league
The 21-year-old only turned professional just over a year ago but has made rapid strides, reaching the US Open semi-finals last month, and he will become the fourth American in the top 15 of the rankings on Monday league
Shelton showed no nerves during the final against Karatsev, and it was the Russian who smashed his racket in frustration during the second set as his opponent eased to a 7-5 6-1 victory league
“That meant a lot to me and my team,” said Shelton on atptour league
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“We have been working really hard since the beginning to build my game and win titles on the ATP Tour league
“I made some deep runs lately league
You see the great champions, they finish weeks off league
They win titles, they don’t just get to finals league
They are able to maintain their level throughout the week league
“I am not saying I am anywhere there yet but to be able to do it for one week, put together five matches in a row in Tokyo, is really special league
”Shelton, who could yet make a charge to qualify for the ATP Finals next month, is coached by his father Bryan, and the pair become the fourth father-son duo to win tour-level singles titles in the open era league
At the other end of the scale, Gael Monfils beat Pavel Kotov 4-6 7-6 (6) 6-3 in the final of the BNP Paribas Nordic Open to become only the fourth player older than 37 to win an ATP Tour title league
Veteran Monfils had to dig deep in Stockholm to down the qualifier after a battle that lasted two hours and 35 minutes league
Monfils, who follows in the footsteps of Roger Federer, Ivo Karlovic and Feliciano Lopez in winning an ATP Tour title aged 37 or older, said: “I ran a lot today league
“When I had to save break points in the second set, I tried to push through league
I don’t know how I pulled up but I kept believing and fighting league
”French teenager Arthur Fils was unable to join his compatriot Monfils in the winners corner after he lost to Alexander Bublik in the European Open final league
Fils had stunned Stefanos Tsitsipas on Saturday to make the showpiece in Antwerp, but came unstuck against tricky Kazakhstan opponent Bublik by a 6-4 6-4 score league
Third seed Bublik sent down 11 aces to clinch the title league
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England forward Courtney Lawes will retire from international rugby at the end of the Rugby World Cup league
The 34-year-old won a 105th cap for his country in the semi-final defeat to South Africa at the Stade de France, confirming afterwards that this tournament would be his last involvement at Test level league
Lawes could feature for a final time in an England shirt in Friday’s third-place play-off against Argentina league
“I think it’s time,” said Lawes, England’s fifth most-capped male player, suggesting that he had a desire to spend more time with his children league
“I’ve done four World Cups, so I’m pretty happy with that league
“The kids are at that age where they need their dad around league
It will be good to be with them more, to provide some well needed structure to the mob league
“It’s a bit of an end of an era, but it’s been a real honour for me to represent England for so long league
I’m proud of the journey I’ve been on league
It’s not always been the ups league
Plenty of downs in there, but I’ve pushed through league
“I’m not an emotional person really, but it’s just been a huge honour for me, to be honest league
To be able to finish with this group is something I’ll treasure forever league
”Courtney Lawes will retire from England duty at the end of the tournament in France (Getty Images)A one-club man, Lawes is contracted at Northampton Saints for another season and intends to play on domestically league
He made his England debut in November 2009, coming on to partner now head coach Steve Borthwick in the second row in a defeat to Australia, and went on to win three Six Nations championships across his career league
Having played most of his career at lock, including starting the 2019 World Cup final at lock, the always-versatile Lawes has been stationed on the blindside for most of the last four years league
A series of impressive performances earned Lawes selection for a second British & Irish Lions tour in South Africa in 2021, and the forward captained his country for the first time against Tonga later that year league
He began this World Cup as England’s skipper while Owen Farrell served his suspension, leading the side to two victories and scoring only his second Test try in the win over Japan league
“I have so many [great memories],” Lawes stressed league
“I think, as hard as it is being away from your family and stuff like that, you almost have another family league
You really feel like that, especially when you’re away in camps like World Cup camps league
Courtney Lawes scored only his second England try against Japan in Nice (PA Wire)“It’s five months of staying with your brothers league
I’ll definitely miss the boys, the banter and all the suff we get up to when we’re not training league
“From the last World Cup to this one, with the group of lads we’ve had coming through, I’ve really enjoyed being part of the group league
You can see what it really means for us to play for each other league
“When you come up against teams like South Africa, where everyone thinks you’re going to get slaughtered, and you find another level for each other league
So I’ll miss this group of boys specifically league
“We’ve had a lot of good times with these lads league
I’ll definitely miss pulling the jersey on and giving it everything league
”England will face Argentina in a battle for third place at the Stade de France on Friday night in their final match of the World Cup league
Borthwick has suggested that he is fully intent on winning the game, opening the door for a farewell appearance for Lawes even at the end of a long campaign league
Steve Borthwick has hailed Courtney Lawes’s intelligence and work-rate (Getty Images)The England head coach hailed his vice-captain’s qualities nearly a decade and a half after welcoming him into the Test fold as a player league
Borthwick said: “We could talk about his trademark Courtney Lawes low tackles that cut the attackers down in their path, [but] what I see in Courtney is somebody who covers the ground league
“In crucial moments, he finds himself in the right place at the right time just so often league
That’s a real sign of the intelligence of the player, a sign of the understanding of the player league
“That’s what he continues to do league
[He has] more than 100 caps now, and you can see how hungry he is to help the team by the way he runs league
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