Flavio Cobolli stuns Ben Shelton 4-6 7-5 6-3 in the semifinal in Washington on Saturday. Cobolli will face off with Sebastian Korda in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes.
Flavio added to his prize money $ 94,605 after winning this match. He has already won $ 196,580 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add $ 172,005 to his earnings to get in total $ 368,585 in total.
Highlights Flavio Cobolli vs. Ben Shelton Citi Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Flavio won this encounter even if he scored the same amount of points of the American (87 vs. 87).
Cobolli
The Italian served pretty well to win 81% of the points (42/52) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 49% points (18/37) on his second serve. Cobolli didn’t lose the focus when converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5).
Shelton
On the other side, the American was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Cobolli and Shelton is 2-0 for Flavio.
Draw and next match H2H: Flavio Cobolli vs. Sebastian Korda – stats
Cobolli will take on Korda in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Flavio Cobolli and Sebastian Korda fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Korda (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Korda won 7-66 4-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Rome back in May 2024.
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-4)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Ben SheltonShelton (4-6 7-5 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Flavio CobolliCobolli (1-0) – H2H details and stats