Martina Navratilova fully stood behind Ben Shelton's harsh criticism of Australian Open broadcasters as the tennis legend highlights that certain interviewers must level up their game. After beating Lorenzo Sonego to make the semifinal at Melbourne Park, the American tennis star had something he wanted to publicly say.

American player Ben Shelton has criticized some of the questions and comments made by post-match TV interviewers at the Australian Open after reaching the semifinals at the Grand Slam tennis tournamen

The win sets up a showdown with Alexander Zverev of Germany in Sunday’s final. Earlier Friday, Zverev won the first set of his semifinal when Novak Djokovic missed a putaway volley in a tiebreak. Djokovic retired on the spot, unable to overcome the muscle tear he suffered in his quarterfinal win over Carlos Alcaraz Tuesday night.

The American tennis star says that players have been subjected to 'embarrassing' interviews by broadcast media

American tennis player Ben Shelton criticized some of the questions and comments made by post-match TV interviewers at the Australian Open. After Shelton reached the semifinals at the Grand Slam tournament,

US tennis player Ben Shelton claims that he has been “shocked” by the actions of TV broadcasters at the Australian Open, calling some of the interviews “negative” and “disrespectful”. Shelton’s comments come just a few days after Channel Nine presenter Tony Jones was forced to apologise to Novak Djokovic after jokingly saying on air that the Serbian was “overrated” and a “has-been”.

Ben Shelton looked to have the edge over the heavily favoured Jannik Sinner during their Australian Open semi-final. He even earned himself a pair of set points during the following game but struggled to find a first serve at the crucial moments.