{"id":156611,"date":"2025-03-18T15:30:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T15:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/18\/uswnts-trinity-rodman-and-tennis-star-ben-shelton-confirm-romance\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T15:30:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T15:30:40","slug":"uswnts-trinity-rodman-and-tennis-star-ben-shelton-confirm-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/18\/uswnts-trinity-rodman-and-tennis-star-ben-shelton-confirm-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"USWNT’s Trinity Rodman and Tennis Star Ben Shelton Confirm Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"


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American tennis star Ben Shelton<\/strong> dropped some big relationship news on the final slide of his latest Instagram photo carousel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Shelton, 22, posted a picture of Trinity Rodman<\/strong><\/a>, a star for the United States women\u2019s national soccer team, kissing his cheek, effectively hard launching their relationship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI been focused, but I\u2019m steady climbin\u2019, I\u2019m nowhere near my peak,\u201d Shelton captioned the post<\/a>, which are lyrics from Lil Baby and EST Gee\u2019s song \u201cBack and Forth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Rodman, 22, commented on the post, \u201c\u201cShooters shoot I guess \ud83e\udd2d\ud83d\udc40.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tAndy Roddick and Serena Williams are just two tennis stars who\u2019ve made headlines for their high-profile romances \u2014 and celebrity hook ups \u2014 in addition to their athletic abilities. Roddick romanced Mandy Moore in the early 2000s before he found The One in wife Brooklyn Decker. The two women, however, are both still some of [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Some of Shelton\u2019s tennis peers celebrated the news in the comment section, including Coco Gauff<\/strong>, who wrote, \u201c\u201dHard launchhhhh!!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Fellow men\u2019s American tennis star Frances Tiafoe<\/strong> commented, \u201cWe gram now \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc40.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Romance rumors followed Shelton and Gauff, 21, in 2024 when they were pictured out in public together. However, Shelton shot them down and explained it was really a group hang with American tennis player Chris Eubanks<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, me Chris and Coco, we\u2019ll do escape rooms, sometimes we\u2019ll go on a dare,\u201d Shelton said during an on-court interview<\/a> at the Australian Open in January. \u201cWe might be retired after this week because the paparazzi are taking pictures of us and cropping Chris out of the photo, so Chris wasn\u2019t too happy about that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gauff has been rumored to be dating boyfriend Jalen Sera<\/strong><\/a> since 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Shelton is currently ranked No. 14 in the world. He reached the semifinals of the 2023 U.S. Open and 2025 Australian Open in January.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rodman joined the USWNT in 2022 and won a gold medal with the team at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she scored three goals. She is also a forward for the Washington Spirit of the National Women\u2019s Soccer League.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The relationship news comes on the heels of Rodman\u2019s public feud with her father<\/a>, former NBA star Dennis Rodman<\/strong>. During a December 2024 interview on the \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast, Trinity said her father is \u201cnot a dad.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tDennis Rodman and his youngest daughter, Trinity, have had ups and downs over the years. Rodman and ex-wife Michelle Moyer welcomed Trinity in 2002, one year after the birth of son DJ. (Rodman also shares eldest daughter Alexis with ex-wife Annie Bakes.) More than 20 years later, Trinity declared on the \u201cCall Her Daddy\u201d podcast [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cMaybe by blood, but nothing else,\u201d Trinity added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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