Govind Nanda and Ben Shelton will play each other in the 1st round of the Rome Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.42
Govind Nanda -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Govind Nanda vs. Ben Shelton
This will be the 2nd time that Govind Nanda and Ben Shelton fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Shelton won 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in the Champaign Challenger back in 2021.
Govind Nanda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-6 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-26 | 22-19 | 5-3 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-14 | 21-10 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 381 (career-high), Govind will start his run in the Rome Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Dallas where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Mcnally in the 1st round on the 29th of June.
The American has a compiled 15-12 win-loss record in 2022, 0-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Tulsa.
Talking about his overall career, Govind has an overall 93-59 record. He has a negative 0-6 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Rome Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Ben Shelton
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-14 | 9-6 | 8-4 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-26 | 21-13 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-11 | 16-9 | 0-0 | 24-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-7 | 7-3 | 5-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 433 (career-high), Ben reached the 1st round after defeating Toshihide Matsui 6-0 6-2 and Liam Draxl 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, Shelton had a good straight sets win against Draxl (6-4 6-1). During the match Shelton scored 62 points vs Draxl’s 39. Ben was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Shelton bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ben Shelton was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Draxl 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ben started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 66% of the points he played.
Shelton’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Little Rock Challenger.
Ben has an overall 5-2 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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