The lefty then shook off the first double fault of the encounter to hold from 15-30 in the final game.
“We had a lot of fun. This is our first time playing together and I think the chemistry was pretty good,” said Shelton. “It’s tough that we can’t play together again here, but I think you’ll see us on the doubles court in the future somewhere.”
Is his partner in sync with the idea? It appears so.
“Definitely some tournaments down the line, we’ll test it out a bit more. If it keeps going well, you could see us at Davis Cup, maybe.”
Team Europe’s Grigor Dimitrov earlier kicked off the evening session by battling past Alejandro Tabilo of Chile, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2). The Bulgarian saved three set points in the second set and crossed the finish line despite struggling with an injury that looked similar to the problem that hampered his US Open bid.
