Auger-Aliassime rapidly discovered himself 4-1 down within the first set, with Shelton placing the serve and volley to good use, however he broke again as his opponent served for the set.
Nevertheless, a poor service sport handed the initiative – and the opener – to fifth seed Shelton.
Shelton had the one break level of the second set however an more and more assured Auger-Aliassime saved it, earlier than clinching the tie-breaker on a wild double fault from Shelton.
A decent third set was additionally selected the Shelton serve, with Auger-Aliassime changing his third match level.
“He was enjoying significantly better than me firstly,” Auger-Aliassime stated.
“It was a bizarre begin, however because the match went on I used to be discovering methods to place returns within the court docket.”
