John Isner survives Ben Shelton 7-6(8) 4-6 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in Atlanta on Thursday after conquering a huge battle in what was an all-American match. Isner will engage against Jenson Brooksby in the quarter. John won this tournament 6 times in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
John added to his prize money $ 8,980 after winning this match. He has won already $ 21,415 after this win. If he wins the next match, Isner will add $ 15,545 to his earnings to get in total $ 36,960 in total.
Highlights John Isner vs. Ben Shelton Truist Atlanta Open – Atlanta
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Isner and Shelton is 1-0 for John.
Draw and next match H2H: John Isner vs. Jenson Brooksby – stats
Isner will square off with Brooksby in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between John Isner and Jenson Brooksby since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, John won a thrilling breaker 10-8 after a huge fight with 18 points played.
Tiebreak
John won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 9th (5-4), 17th (9-8) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, Ben won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3) and 11th (5-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. John saved 1 set point when he was trailing 6-7. On the other side, Ben wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 30-40).
They contested 75 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally John won just 1 point more than Shelton (38-37). John dropped 7 points on serve (31-7). In addition, on the other side, Ben conceded 7 points on serve (30-7).
Isner didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Ben Shelton in the 1st game (1-0). That break was the key for Shelton to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Ben was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A). On the other side, Isner was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 62 points. Shelton conquered the set after winning 6 more points than John (34-28). Shelton lost 9 points on serve (23-9). On the losing side, John conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, John won the breaker at 7-3.
Tiebreak
John won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (4-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Shelton won a minibreak in the 1st (1-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Also, on the other side, John didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 66 points. Isner conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Shelton (35-31). John dropped 5 points on serve (29-5). on the other side of the court, Ben conceded 6 points on serve (26-6).
Tennis Scores in Atlanta
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Andres MartinMartin (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- John IsnerIsner – Ben SheltonShelton (7-68 4-6 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Steve JohnsonJohnson (4-6 6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – John MillmanMillman (7-68 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Taro DanielDaniel (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – John IsnerIsner (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-3) – H2H details and stats