'I'm Boring, I Keep My Mouth Shut': Shelton On Off-Court Personality

While he might be electric on the court, Ben Shelton is pretty chill off the court, going as far as to call himself boring.

There are very few tennis players that are as electric as Ben Shelton is on a tennis court; however, off the court, the American is rather different as he admitted in a recent talk to ATP.

He likes to play attacking and in-your-face tennis, but off the court, he mostly keeps to himself and doesn't talk too much. It's a very interesting thing to observe though not that uncommon when it comes to sport.

Some athletes simply become a different person when they step on a tennis court, and Shelton is like that. He's been on a tear in Asia recently, winning multiple matches and securing his best-ever rank this coming Monday.

When it comes to his personality, though, Shelton shared what that looks like in a recent interview with the ATP.

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