Ben Shelton defeats Arthur Fils 6-3 7-6(9) in the semifinal in Basel on Saturday. Shelton will face off with Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes.
The American added to his prize money € 112,090 after winning this match. He has already won € 239,990 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add € 206,055 to his earnings to get in total € 446,045 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Arthur Fils Swiss Indoors Basel – Basel
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:17
At the end of the match, the American scored 65 points vs. the French player’s 54.
Shelton
The American served exceptionally well to win 88% of the points (45/51) behind his first serve, and he won 70% points (7/10) on his second serve. The American was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (1/2).
Fils
On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Fils is 2-1 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard – stats
Shelton will face Mpetshi Perricard in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mpetshi Perricard (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Mpetshi Perricard won 6-3 7-63 in the 1st round in London back in June 2024.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Shelton clinched in the 8th game (5-3) just before finally conquering the set (6-3).
The French player was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Shelton converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 48 points. Ben was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Arthur (27-21). Shelton was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (20-3). on the other side of the net, the French player conceded 7 points on serve (18-7).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, the American won a thrilling breaker 11-9 after a huge fight with 20 points played.
Tiebreak
Ben won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (3-5), 12th (6-6) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, the French player won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 3rd (3-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 0-4, 0-5, 1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 3-6, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 8-9, 9-9, 10-9, 11-9
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Ben saved 9 set points when he was 0-5, 1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 3-6, 4-6, 5-6, 6-7 and 8-9 down. In addition on the other side, Ben didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 71 points. Shelton was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Fils (38-33). Ben conceded 6 points on serve (33-6). On the other side, the French player conceded 5 points on serve (27-5).
Tennis Scores in Basel
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Holger RuneRune (7-66 6-4)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Arthur FilsFils (6-3 7-69)
