Ben Shelton wants his family courtside.
After he won big against Lorenzo Sonego in the third round of Wimbledon 2025, the tennis pro made an adorable public plea to get his sister Emma Shelton more time off work so she can stay in the U.K. to watch him compete in the tournament’s quarterfinals.
“My sister’s here,” Ben said during a July 5 press conference following his victory. “She’s been here for every match I’ve played. She’s been the lucky charm. But she has work back in the U.S. starting Monday. She works for Morgan Stanley.”
The athlete—whose third-round win means he’ll compete in Wimbledon’s quarterfinals for the first time in his career—went on to ask for help from the crowd, who hilariously booed at Emma’s unfortunate work schedule.
“If any of you all have some connections and can get her a couple extra days off so she can [stay and] we can keep this rolling,” Ben continued, “that’d be great.”
In the end, the 22-year-old’s pitch was a game, set, match. In fact, Emma shared that she had been granted time off to watch her brother face off in the next round just several hours later, captioning a July 5 Instagram Story, per People, “Return flight: cancelled.”
