Ben Shelton‘s first Grand Slam final ended in disappointment as he lost to Alexander Zverev on Sunday. Shelton ignited the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd during the US Open final when he won the third set. That fuelled hope they might be about to watch an American crowned champion, only for the 23-year-old to lose the fourth set which handed the title to Zverev.

Shelton, who is up to a new career high of world No.4, declared afterwards that he is hungry for more and has displayed his appetite for success with a surprise announcement quickly after leaving New York. Express Sport brings you all the latest on Shelton below…

Surprise announcement

Typically, players take time off after an exhausting Grand Slam campaign, especially one like Shelton’s. Only one of his six victories at Flushing Meadows came in three sets and his five-set duel with Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals finished at 3.33am.

Yet the American has confirmed he will be back on court immediately. Posting on Instagram, he wrote: “Most fun 2 weeks of my life. I left absolutely everything out there on the court, and despite being gutted about losing yesterday, I’m more motivated than I’ve ever been.

“On my way to Prague to play for USA vs Czech this week. Let’s get a dub for the [US flag emoji]. @alexzverev123 congrats on your 2nd slam this year.”

Shelton joins Learner Tien, Martin Damm, Christian Harrison and Austin Krajicek for the US Davis Cup’s team second-round qualifier against the Czechs. He then joins Andre Agassi’s Team World for the Laver Cup and will count the likes of Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur as team-mates.

Shelton out of prize money campaign

The Times have reported that, like Carlos Alcaraz, Shelton has withdrawn from a group of players demanding a larger proportion of prize money.

Top tennis players had been protesting for 18 months for a larger share of revenues from the sport’s biggest tournaments. There was even a media boycott at this year’s French Open.

But with a Grand Slam Player Advisory Council now formed, discussions will now move behind closed doors.

A statement read: “The players will now work directly with the grand slams to establish the council, through which players themselves will be directly consulted and able to negotiate on an ongoing basis.”

Alcaraz left the group before the US Open and it has been revealed Shelton also did so. It appears the world’s leading players will now set their sights on trying to decongest the schedules of the ATP and WTA tours.

Excited’ despite losing

Despite losing the US Open final, Shelton insists he’s excited for the future because he believes he can go up a few more levels.

He told journalists: “Disappointed with how today went. Happy with how I fought throughout the week, two weeks. Excited with the progress that I feel that I’ve made, but yeah, this one stings 100 per cent.

“Yeah, it’s on to the next. Try to keep getting better and show up in Australia even stronger than I showed up here. I don’t think I’m anywhere near the player that I want to be.

“I think I’m a great competitor. I think I compete really well out there on the court. I’m able it stay focused and stay there on the court for many, many hours. I think that’s going to help me in the future moving forward.

“But to win on Sundays, you got to play very, very high level of great tennis. Anyone that you’re playing at this stage in the tournament is going to be grooved and playing amazing. Yeah, just got to be better.”