American player Ben Shelton has criticized some of the questions and comments made by post-match TV interviewers at the Australian Open after reaching the semifinals at the Grand Slam tennis tournament.

Ben Shelton took a moment during his Australian Open post-match presser to call out this year's on-court interviewers as the world No. 20 thinks some of the comments made toward him and other players were plain disrespectful and mockery.

Shelton criticized Tony Jones' comments about Novak Djokovic as well as on-court interviews at the tournament.

A leading TV presenter this week apologised on air to Novak Djokovic for mocking the 24-time Grand Slam winner and Serbian fans. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Australian Open semi-finalist Ben Shelton has taken the Grand Slam's on-court interviewers to task for being "disrespectful" to players. Shelton reached his first semi-final at Melbourne Park on Wednesday with a four-set win over Italian Lorenzo Sonego at Rod Laver Arena.

The United States’ Shelton has reached the last eight in Melbourne after Gaël Monfils’ unfortunate retirement in round four.

Ben Shelton, after reaching his first Grand Slam final at the Australian Open, said he has noticed a lot of "disrespectful" conduct from broadcasters and those conducting on-court interviews.

Ben Shelton has expressed his relief after reaching a maiden Australian Open semifinal after battling to a 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 victory over Lorenzo Sonego on Wednesday.