Ben Shelton shares perspective about 'double date' with Coco Gauff after high profile relationship confirmed

America’s Ben Shelton has opened up about his perspective regarding double dating admitting as a result that a link-up with Coco Gauff is unlikely who is his close friend on tour.

Shelton, recently in a post on his official account on the social media platform Instagram, revealed that he was dating US women’s national team soccer player Trinity Rodman. The reigning world number 15 has been recently quoted in a report where he stated that he is not a big fan of ‘double dating’. He also stated that he did not think that his post about his girlfriend would break the internet.

"Not the biggest double date guy, to be honest," said Shelton. "More of a normal date guy. But I guess we’ll see. Definitely have a lot of friends who are in long-term relationships, but for it to match up where we’re all in the same place at the same time is unlikely. I was sure some people would talk about it, but I didn’t think it would be a break the Internet type of thing. But I’ve always been like, ‘OK, if I have a serious girlfriend then posting about it on Instagram isn’t that crazy."

Shelton is currently taking part in the Munich Open, where he has cemented his spot in the semifinal after beating Italy’s Luciano Darderi in the last-eight clash with a score of 6-4, 6-3. He will now face Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo in the last-four clash, who cemented his spot in the semifinal of the competition after beating Belgium’s David Goffin in the quarterfinal in straight sets with a score of 6-2, 6-4. It will be the second meeting between the two players in professional tennis. In their only previous meeting, which was in the third round of Indian Wells last year, Shelton came out on top with a score of 7-6, 3-6, 7-6.