Ben Shelton shared what Tim Henman has urged him to do more of at Wimbledon.
The American has been a professional player less than two years and is still gaining experience and learning his game.
This is especially the case on a surface like grass, which he has played just 11 matches in his young career so far.
He has been given advice on how to improve his game on the slick and low bouncing surface by the former Wimbledon semi-finalist and he seems to now be taking it on board.
What did Tim Henman tell Ben Shelton to do more on grass?
Shelton spoke with Tennis Channel after coming through an epic five-set battle out on court 18 for the second successive match.
He outlasted Mattia Bellucci in round one before once again needing to go all the way to defeat qualifier Lloyd Harris in round two.
He attacked the net more frequently during the win and Shelton is pleased Henman’s advice paid dividends, and he hopes the former British number one is pleased too.
“It’s 100% a work in progress. Trying to improve my net game, I got in almost 100 times today,” the 14th seed said.
“The thing I am most happy with is that Tim Henman is usually giving me a hard time, saying you got into net 20 times in a five set match, so maybe he will be a little bit more excited to see that I got in a good bit today!”
Ben Shelton faces another tough contest at Wimbledon
Shelton is still adjusting to playing on grass and he has done well to pass two stern tests and reach the Wimbledon third round for the first time.
In an atmosphere more associated with a football game than a tennis match, the player showed great feel around the net at the most important moments.
He claimed the final set tiebreak by ten points to seven to secure a clash with Canada’s Denis Shapovalov.
The former World number 10, who has previously reached the Wimbledon semi-finals, also needed five sets to get past Daniel Altmaier in the previous round.
These two players will meet for the first time in what was the potential to be an entertaining battle.
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