Ben Shelton wins against Aslan Karatsev 7-5 6-1 in the final in Tokyo on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
Shelton added $ 160,470 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 347,390 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Aslan Karatsev Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:22
At the end of the match, Ben scored 67 points vs. Karatsev’s 46.
Shelton
Ben served exceptionally well to win 80% of the points (32/40) behind his first serve, and he won 70% points (7/10) on his second serve. The American was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).
Karatsev
On the other side, Aslan wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Karatsev is 2-0 for Ben.
This was the maiden title for the American. This was his 1 final as he was the runner up in Belgrade 2021. Aslan remains with 3rd titles after he conquered the tournament in Dubai 2021, in Moscow 2021 and in Sydney 2022. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Ben snatched in the 11th game (6-5) prior to eventually winning the set (7-5).
Karatsev was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 4-5 to 7-5.
The American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-1 40-A).
They played 75 points. Ben was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Aslan (40-35). The American surrendered 9 points on serve (27-9). On the other side, Aslan conceded 13 points on serve (26-13).
Ben won the set after he broke Aslan 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
Karatsev had to surrender the 5th game (4-1) when he was comfortably leading 40-0. The Russian was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Shelton converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 38 points. The American won 16 more points than Karatsev (27-11). Shelton was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (12-2). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).
