Ben Shelton conquers Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in New York on Wednesday. Shelton will face Frances Tiafoe in the 3rd round. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 75,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 215,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shelton will add $ 110,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Roberto Bautista Agut U.S. Open – New York
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Shelton’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Bautista Agut is 2-0 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats
Shelton will fight against Tiafoe in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Shelton won 7-5 4-6 6-3 in the final in Houston back in April 2024.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Ben clinched in the 8th game (5-3) just before finally conquering the set (6-3).
The American converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Roberto wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-1 30-40).
They played 61 points. The American conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Spaniard (34-27). The American lost 10 points on serve (21-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Roberto conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Ben snatched in the 7th game (4-3) before finally conquering the set (6-4).
Ben converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the Spaniard wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-2 30-40).
They contested 60 points. Shelton was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Roberto (33-27). Shelton conceded 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the court, Roberto conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).
Similarly to the 2nd set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the American conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before finally winning the set (6-4).
Ben was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 50 points. The American conquered the set after winning 14 points more than Roberto (32-18). Ben was just too good on serve to concede not even a single point during his serving games (20-0). on the other side of the court, Bautista Agut conceded 12 points on serve (18-12).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Taylor FritzFritz – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 7-61 6-1)
- Juncheng ShangShang – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-2 6-3 7-62)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-3 6-4 6-4)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-75 0-6 6-4 6-4 7-5)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 7-65 6-1)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-1 1-0 ret.)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-4 6-4 6-2)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (3-6 6-4 6-4 2-6 7-5)
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-3 4-6 6-4 1-6 6-3)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (4-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 6-2)
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Ugo HumbertHumbert (5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-1 2-0 ret.)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-1 7-64)
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-2 6-4 6-0)
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