Home crowd powers Shelton past Hurkacz in US Open second round

NEW YORK, Sept 2 : Ben Shelton survived a tough test from Poland's Hubert Hurkacz 6-3 5-7 7-6(3) 7-5 on Wednesday to reach the U.S. Open third round, relying on the deafening cheers of the partisan American crowd to power him through.The eighth seed, bidding to end a 23-year U.S. men's major title drought, arrived in New York on the back of his Montreal victory and enjoyed strong backing in Arthur Ashe Stadium during the finely poised encounter."Super happy with the way the match went. I thought it was a battle to the end," said Shelton, who strained to hear an on-court reporter after the match. "If I was commentating I would talk about how loud this crowd was from start to finish."It looked as though it would be an easy day for Shelton after Hurkacz surrendered his serve with a pair of do