Dino Prizmic’s emotional outburst after Madrid Open upset has fans buzzing

TL;DR

Dino Prizmic upset Ben Shelton in the second round of the Madrid Open, winning 6-4, 6-7, 7-6. This marks Prizmic's biggest career victory after previously defeating Matteo Berrettini.

Key points

Dino Prizmic upset Ben Shelton in the Madrid Open.
Prizmic won with a score of 6-4, 6-7, 7-6.
This is Prizmic's biggest career victory.
He previously defeated Matteo Berrettini.

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Ben Shelton has been knocked out of the Madrid Open after a surprise defeat to world number 87 Dino Prizmic in the second round.

Prizmic, who earned his spot through qualifying, had already picked up a win over Matteo Berrettini before pulling off the biggest result of his career so far by taking down the fourth seed.

Shelton pushed it to a deciding set after winning a tiebreak in the second, but Prizmic held steady in another tiebreak to close it out 6-4, 6-7, 7-6.

Afterwards, the 20-year-old spoke about what the victory meant to him and how he was feeling.

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Dino Prizmic shares thoughts after beating Ben Shelton in Madrid

Speaking in his on-court interview, Prizmic said: “It means a lot. Also, today was a very, very hard match for me.

“And I just tried to prepare, like I said, as much as I can. Yeah, I tried to play my game and to stay focused on every point. And yeah, today definitely worked, yeah.

“I’m working a lot with my team to stay focused and to stay calm on important points. But yeah, he’s like sixth in the world. So for a reason, he’s there.

“So yeah, on important points, he played very well. But I was waiting for my chance and tried to take it. And today, yeah, I did it.

“[In the] first tiebreaker, I played a lot from the back, from the baseline. So I was like, OK, now I will try to attack every point, and I’ll just try to go for it. And yeah, I tried to change something in the second tiebreaker.”