Shelton vanishes as Rodman dates WTA star at NBA game

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Arthur Rinderknech won the Round of 16 match against Ben Shelton at the 2026 Rolex Paris Masters, defeating him in straight tiebreak sets 7-6, 7-6.

The match lasted 108 minutes.

Shelton, the world No. 4 and third seed at the ATP Masters 1000 event, had received a first-round bye.

He opened his campaign with a dominant 6-3, 6-4 win over Cameron Norrie that took just over an hour.

But in the Round of 16, he ran into a Frenchman who has now beaten him twice in identical fashion.

Set 1 was a tight opening frame that Rinderknech edged 7-6.

Set 2 continued the competitive baseline battles identically into the second frame, with Rinderknech securing another 7-6 tiebreak victory.

With this win, Rinderknech maintains an undefeated 2-0 career record against Shelton.

The scoreline mirrors their exact two-tiebreak result from Queen's in 2025.

The Frenchman advances to the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters.

Meanwhile, back in Washington D.C., Shelton's girlfriend, soccer star Trinity Rodman, was enjoying a night out at Capital One Arena.

Rodman, who plays for the Washington Spirit in the NWSL, was cheering on the Washington Wizards against the Atlanta Hawks.

She was joined by WTA player Hailey Baptiste, a D.C. native.

Baptiste had turned 25 on Nov. 3.

Rodman described their outing as a 'birthday week' celebration on her Instagram Story.

The Hawks won the game 120-105.

The crossover between these circles is not new.

During the Mubadala DC Open earlier this year, Baptiste joined Ben Shelton and French player Arthur Fils at a Washington Spirit match.

In that match, Rodman set up Sofia Cantore's goal in a 1-0 Spirit win.

Baptiste has not competed since May.

Her left knee gave way during a second-round match against Wang Xiyu at the French Open.

She left the court in a wheelchair.

Her agent confirmed injuries to both the ACL and meniscus in her left knee.

She had surgery in New York and was ruled out for the remainder of the 2026 season.

Shelton's biggest off-court move of the week came before he hit a ball in Paris.

On Sunday, he confirmed that Juan Carlos Ferrero will join his coaching team for the 2027 season.

Ferrero will work alongside Shelton's father, Bryan Shelton, who has coached him since his junior days and through two seasons at the University of Florida.

Ferrero guided Carlos Alcaraz to six Grand Slam titles and 24 ATP titles before the pair split in December 2025.

Following his second-round win in Paris, Shelton explained that Ferrero's success with Alcaraz had been a factor in his decision to team up with the former World No. 1.