Ben Shelton ousts Alexander Bublik 7-6(4) 6-2 in the 1st round in Montreal on Wednesday. Shelton will clash against Alexei Popyrin in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 29 minutes. This run will match his best result in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
Shelton added to his prize money $ 21,865 after winning this match. He has already won $ 49,030 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ben will add $ 42,405 to his earnings to get in total $ 91,435 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Alexander Bublik National Bank Open – Montreal
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:29
At the end of the match, Ben scored 75 points vs. the Kazakhstani’s 63.
Shelton
Shelton won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Bublik
On the other side, Bublik was fantastic in converting the only break point that he converted. Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Shelton and Bublik is 1-2 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Alexei Popyrin – stats
Shelton will play Popyrin in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Alexei Popyrin square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Ben won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Shelton broke back in the 10th (5-5) game to win the set 7-6.
Ben converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 9th (4-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Kazakhstani was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They played 84 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 2 points more than Alexander (43-41). Ben surrendered 12 points on serve (23-12). Regarding the other side of the net, the Kazakhstani conceded 20 points on serve (29-20).
Shelton overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Alexander Bublik in the 2nd game (2-0). That break resulted decisive for Ben to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Ben converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Ben didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 50 points. The American conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the Kazakhstani (29-21). The American dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, Bublik conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
Tennis Scores in Montreal
- Ben SheltonShelton – Alexander BublikBublik (7-64 6-2)
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-3 6-3)
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Taro DanielDaniel (6-1 7-5)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-2 7-5)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-4 6-1)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 7-62)
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Vasek PospisilPospisil (2-1 ret.)
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-4)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Jack DraperDraper (7-5 6-2)
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (4-6 6-4 6-4)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 7-5)
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Arthur FilsFils (6-2 6-2)
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-1)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-3 6-2)
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 2-6 6-4)
- Borna CoricCoric – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-4)
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-78 7-66 6-3)
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (5-7 6-4 6-4)
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-2)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-67 5-7 6-4)
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-65 6-75 6-2)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-4 6-4)
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (3-6 7-5 6-4)
- Holger RuneRune – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-2 3-6 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Rinky HijikataHijikata (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-3) – H2H details and stats
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alexander ZverevZverev (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (4-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tommy PaulPaul – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Borna CoricCoric (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-3) – H2H details and stats
