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10/11 01:34 CDT US Open finalist Ben Shelton is out of the Shanghai Masters in the third round US Open finalist Ben Shelton is out of the Shanghai Masters in the third round SHANGHAI (AP) --- U.S. Open finalist Ben Shelton is out of the ATP 1000 Shanghai Masters, beaten 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3) by 21-year-old Frenchman Arthur Gea in the third round Sunday. Shelton, who won his first match in Shanghai on his 24th birthday, faced three match points at 6-3 in the second-set tiebreaker and Gea converted on his first. In another early third-round match Sunday, 26th-seeded Karen Khachanov beat Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 6-4. Top-seeded and U.S. Open champion Alexander Zverev was scheduled to play a night match Sunday against Quentin Halys. No. 1-ranked Jannik Sinner withdrew from Shanghai this week when he announced he was taking the rest of 2026 off because of a right knee injury. ___ See AP's full tennis coverage here