Casper Ruud tops Ben Shelton 6-2 7-6(1) in the 2nd round in Barcelona on Tuesday. Ruud will engage against Francisco Cerundolo or Francesco Passaro in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Ben Shelton Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Barcelona
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Casper scored 77 points vs. Shelton’s 61.
Ruud
Casper served pretty well to win 76% of the points (39/51) behind his first serve. However he won only 44% points (8/18) on his second serve. Ruud won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Shelton
On the other side, Ben was battling in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Ruud and Shelton is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Casper Ruud vs. Francisco Cerundolo or Francesco Passaro – stats
Ruud will square off with either Francisco Cerundolo or Francesco Passaro in the 3rd round. The head to head is 1-1 vs. Francisco Cerundolo and 0-0 vs. Francesco Passaro.
Live score progression and stats
The Norwegian in this set was too strong for Ben and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking the American in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Norwegian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Casper converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40). On the other side, the Norwegian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. Ruud was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Ben (29-21). The Norwegian surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Shelton conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
The Norwegian won the set after he broke Shelton in the 5th (3-2) game. Shelton tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Yet, Casper didn’t blink to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 1.
Tiebreak
Casper won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1) and 8th (7-1) point.
The Norwegian won the tiebreak 7-1 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1
The Norwegian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Shelton converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 88 points. The Norwegian was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Ben (48-40). Ruud surrendered 17 points on serve (32-17). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 16 points on serve (23-16).
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