Ben Shelton defeats Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Basel on Tuesday. The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes.
Shelton added to his prize money € 16,275 after winning this match. He has already won € 34,880 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add € 30,465 to his earnings to get in total € 65,345 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry Swiss Indoors Basel – Basel
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Shelton scored 59 points vs. Etcheverry’s 44.
Shelton
Shelton served pretty well to win 84% of the points (32/38) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (9/14) on his second serve. Shelton was stunning in converting all the break points (2/2).
Etcheverry
On the other side, the Argentine 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 Etcheverry is 3-0 for Ben.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the American conquered in the 6th game (4-2) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).
The American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Tomas Martin wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They contested 57 points. Ben was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Etcheverry (31-26). Shelton dropped 7 points on serve (21-7). On the other side, Tomas Martin conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
Similarly to the 1st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Shelton conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before eventually winning the set (6-4).
Ben was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 46 points. Shelton was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than the Argentine (28-18). The American was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). On the losing side, Tomas Martin conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).
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