Tennis Returns To The Garden, With Alcaraz, Shelton, Navarro & Pegula

 

Carlos Alcaraz (right) and Ben Shelton battle by the net. Photo by Jason Schott.

Tennis made its triumphant return to Manhattan, as The Garden Cup was held on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.

In front of a sellout crowd, the night began with a match between two of the top women's players in the world, Jessica Pegula and Anna Navarro.

In a highly-competitive match, Navarro won the first set, 7-6, after it went to a tiebreak, and then the second one, 7-5.

Anna Navarro (right) fires in a serve. Photo by Jason Schott.

Jessica Pegula about to serve. Photo by Jason Schott.

Anna Navarro connecting on a serve. Photo by Jason Schott.

The nightcap featured arguably the best men's player in the world, Carlos Alcaraz, and Ben Shelton, who had a pretty good showing at the U.S. Open.

In a match filled with plenty of laughs and massive shots that got the crowd going, Shelton won the first set, 6-4, while Alcaraz won the second, 6-2.

Then, after they each took a few shots to open the third and final set, Alcaraz fired one into the crowd and they embraced at midcourt, calling the match a draw.

Enjoy these pictures of the men's players serves:

CARLOS ALCARAZ:

BEN SHELTON: