Pedja Krstin and Ben Shelton will play each other in the 2nd round of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.32
Pedja Krstin -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Pedja Krstin vs. Ben Shelton
There is no head to head record between Pedja Krstin and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Pedja Krstin
Ranked no. 317, the Serbian got to the 2nd round after defeating Arjun Kadhe 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round, Krstin had a good straight sets win against Kadhe (7-5 7-5). During the match, Krstin scored 82 points vs Kadhe’s 74. The Serbian was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Krstin managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Pedja Krstin lost the serve 5 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Krstin put 62% of his first serves in, winning 63% (33/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 34% (11/32) on the 2nd serve. Krstin broke Kadhe 7 times after converting 78% of his break points (7/9).
Krstin has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (302-231). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Krstin has a composed 28-25 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Krstin has a compiled 12-21 win-loss record in 2021, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Pedja has never competed in this tournament before.
Ben Shelton
Ranked no. 678 (career-high), Ben reached the 2nd round after defeating Govind Nanda 6-4 6-4, Hunter Heck 6-3 6-3 and Blaz Rola 3-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Rola, Ben recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-4).-88) than Rola. In fact, the world no. 317 won 88 points vs Rola’s. That means that Shelton was more focused during the important points. Ben was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Shelton blasted 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ben Shelton lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Shelton put 68% of his first serves in, winning 68% (43/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the 2nd serve. Shelton broke Rola 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Champaign.
Ben has an aggregate 17-6 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krstin | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 67 |
| Pts | 82-74 | 221-194 |
| Total Points | 156 | 415 |
| Winners | 33 | 105 |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% |
Krstin played 1 match while Shelton competed in 3 matches. Shelton started his run from the qualifications while Krstin had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ben Shelton lost 1 set while Pedja Krstin hasn’t lost a set so far. Krstin has played 5 set(s) less than Shelton (2 vs 7). Therefore, Krstin played 43 games less than Shelton. Krstin scored 33 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Shelton scored 105 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krstin | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 52/84 | 141/209 |
| %1st in | 62% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 33/52 | 105/141 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 11/32 | 35/68 |
| %2nd pts | 34% | 51% |
Krstin managed to score 7 aces . Shelton fired 19 aces (6.3 per match). Krstin won 63% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 34% of the points. On the other side, Shelton won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Krstin | Shelton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 10 |
| Converted | 7/9 | 10/18 |
| % Converted | 78% | 56% |
| Conceded | 16 | 23 |
| Saved | 11 | 19 |
| % Saved | 69% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
Krstin broke his opponent 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. The Serbian surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Shelton conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Krstin | |||
| R1 Kadhe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 82-74 | 82-74 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 52/84 | 52/84 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 33/52 | 33/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/32 | 11/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 34% | 34% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/9 | 7/9 | |
| Converted % | 78% | 78% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 11/16 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Shelton | |||||
| Q1 Nanda |
Q3 Heck |
R1 Rola |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | 3-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 29 | 67 | |
| pts | 68-56 | 65-49 | 88-89 | 221-194 | |
| Total points | 124 | 114 | 177 | 415 | |
| Winners | 35 | 27 | 43 | 105 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 42% | 49% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 45/62 | 33/55 | 63/92 | 141/209 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 60% | 68% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | 27/33 | 43/63 | 105/141 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 82% | 68% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 11/22 | 17/29 | 35/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 50% | 59% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/6 | 3/4 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 67% | 75% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 5/6 | 8/10 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 83% | 80% | 249% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
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