Stout Ben Shelton survives Cerundolo in the 3rd round to collide vs Sinner. HIGHLIGHTS – INDIAN WELLS RESULTS

BNP PARIBAS OPEN - INDIAN WELLS DRAW AND RESULTS. Shelton survives Cerundolo to take on Jannik Sinner in the 4th round

Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Francisco Cerundolo

Ben Shelton survives Francisco Cerundolo 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(5) in the 3rd round in Indian Wells on Sunday after conquering a huge battle. Shelton will clash against Jannik Sinner in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 43 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Shelton
Indian Wells
Shelton's Record

Shelton added to his prize money $ 41,900 after winning this match. He has already won $ 101,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ben will add $ 84,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 185,000 in total.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Francisco Cerundolo BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Shelton
Cerundolo
7-65 3-6 7-65
2h:43
111
111
Total points
111
111
49
49
Winners
62
62
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
56%
56%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
1
1
5
5
Double Faults
3
3
60%
60%
1st in
71%
71%
79%
79%
1st won
73%
73%
49/62
49/62
1st won
62/85
62/85
61%
61%
2nd won
59%
59%
25/41
25/41
2nd won
20/34
20/34
-- Break Points --
1/10
1/10
Total
2/3
2/3
10%
10%
Won
67%
67%
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Shelton won this contest even if he scored the same amount of points of Francisco (111 vs. 111).

Shelton

Ben served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (49/62) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (25/41) on his second serve. The American won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 10% (1/10) of the procured opportunities.

Cerundolo

On the other side, the Argentine didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). However, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Cerundolo is 1-0 for Ben.

Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Jannik Sinner – stats

Shelton will fight against Sinner in the 4th round.

This will be the 3rd time that Ben Shelton and Jannik Sinner face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Shelton and Sinner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Ben Shelton Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Shelton 7-6
SheltonCerundolo
7
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
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7
6
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0
2
0
2
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3
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4
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6
3
6
4
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5
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6
6
15
0
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0
30
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40
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40
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40
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40
40
40
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40
40
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40
A
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5
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0
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0
40
0
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5
0
15
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3
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2
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0
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40
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2
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2
0
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40
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1
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0
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30

Shelton won the set after he broke Cerundolo in the 6th (4-2) game. Francisco tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. However, the American managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 7-6.

Shelton converted 10% of his break points (1/10). He had 10 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Francisco was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (3-5 30-40).

They contested 98 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 2 points more than the Argentine (50-48). Shelton surrendered 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the court, the Argentine conceded 28 points on serve (39-28).

2nd Set -
Cerundolo 6-3
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6
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
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3
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0
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15
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3
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40
15
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3
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3
0
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2
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0
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2
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1
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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Francisco snatched in the 8th game (5-3) before eventually winning the set (6-3).

The American had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.

Cerundolo was spot on in converting all his break points in the 8th game (4-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Cerundolo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 53 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Cerundolo won just 3 more points than Shelton (28-25). Francisco was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 12 points on serve (21-12).

3rd Set -
Shelton 7-6
SheltonCerundolo
7
6
S
1
0
C
1
1
C
2
1
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2
2
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3
2
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3
3
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4
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4
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5
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6
5
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7
5
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6
0
15
0
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15
40
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6
5
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15
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5
0
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0
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4
0
15
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15
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15
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4
0
15
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0
40
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3
0
15
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15
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3
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40
SheltonCerundolo
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2
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15
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2
1
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0
40
0
SheltonCerundolo
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Shelton won the tiebreak at 7-5.

Tiebreak

Ben won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Argentine won a minibreak in the 4th (2-2) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Also, on the other side, Shelton didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 71 points. The contest during this set was so even that Ben won barely 1 point more than Cerundolo (36-35). Shelton surrendered 7 points on serve (25-7). On the losing side, the Argentine conceded 11 points on serve (28-11).

1st
Shelton
Cerundolo
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Shelton
Cerundolo
3-6
3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Shelton
Cerundolo
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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