Ben Shelton conquers Popyrin in the 3rd round. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

Ben Shelton gets the better of Alexei Popyrin 6-3 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 3^rd round in Melbourne on Saturday. Shelton will engage against Jeff Wolf in the 4^th round.

Melbourne

Shelton's Record

Ben added to his prize money $ 110,325 after winning this match. He has won already $ 338,250 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ben will add $ 217,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 555,250 in total.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Alexei Popyrin Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Shelton

Popyrin

6-3 7-6⁴ 6-4
2h:00

103

103

Total points

81

81

52

52

Winners

51

51

50%

50%

Ratio Winners

63%

63%

25

25

Unforced

28

28

47%

47%

Ratio Unforced

53%

53%

16/20

16/20

Net Approaches

16/25

16/25

80%

80%

Perc

64%

64%

-- Serve --

12

12

Aces

14

14

3

3

Double Faults

1

1

65%

65%

1st in

76%

76%

87%

87%

1st won

73%

73%

52/60

52/60

1st won

51/70

51/70

66%

66%

2nd won

50%

50%

21/32

21/32

2nd won

11/22

11/22

226

226

Fastest serve

210

210

201

201

AVG 1^st Serve

190

190

175

175

AVG 2^nd Serve

161

161

-- Break Points --

2/8

2/8

Total

0/4

0/4

25%

25%

Won

0%

0%

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After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Popyrin is 1-0 for Ben.

Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Jeff Wolf – stats

Shelton will face Wolf in the 4^th round.

There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Jeff Wolf since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Ben snatched in the 6^th game (4-2) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).

Ben converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6^th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Alexei wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 0^th game (0-1 30-40).

They contested 54 points. Shelton was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Popyrin (32-22). The American dropped 7 points on serve (22-7). on the other side of the net, Alexei conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Ben won the tiebreak at 7-4.

Tiebreak

Shelton won 3 minibreaks in the 4^th (3-1), 5^th (4-1) and 11^th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Australian won a minibreak in the 6^th (2-4) point.

Shelton won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

Ben was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4^th game (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Popyrin was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6^th game (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 80 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Shelton won just 2 points more than the Australian (41-39). Ben conceded 10 points on serve (31-10). on the other side of the court, Popyrin conceded 10 points on serve (29-10).

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Ben conquered in the 10^th game (6-4).

Ben converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Shelton didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 50 points. Ben conquered the set after winning 10 more points than Alexei (30-20). Shelton was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (20-2). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 10 points on serve (18-10).

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