Casper Ruud gets by Shelton in the 2nd round to play vs Cerundolo or Passaro in the following round at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. HIGHLIGHTS – BARCELONA RESULTS

BARCELONA OPEN BANC SABADELL - BARCELONA RESULTS. Ruud defeats Shelton to take on Francisco Cerundolo or Francesco Passaro in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Ben Shelton

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.

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Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Ben Shelton Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Barcelona

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Ruud
Shelton
Casper Ruud
6-2 7-61
1h:39
Ben Shelton
77
77
Total points
61
61
39
39
Winners
26
26
51%
51%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
3
3
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
74%
74%
1st in
59%
59%
76%
76%
1st won
63%
63%
39/51
39/51
1st won
26/41
26/41
44%
44%
2nd won
46%
46%
8/18
8/18
2nd won
13/28
13/28
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
Total
1/5
1/5
38%
38%
Won
20%
20%
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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.Casper Ruud Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Ruud 6-2
RuudShelton
6
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
RuudShelton
6
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
RuudShelton
5
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
RuudShelton
5
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
RuudShelton
4
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
RuudShelton
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
RuudShelton
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
RuudShelton
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
RuudShelton
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

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).

2nd Set -
Ruud 7-6
RuudShelton
7
6
S
1
0
R
2
0
R
3
0
S
3
1
S
4
1
R
5
1
R
6
1
S
7
1
RuudShelton
6
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
RuudShelton
5
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
RuudShelton
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
RuudShelton
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
RuudShelton
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
RuudShelton
4
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
RuudShelton
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
RuudShelton
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
RuudShelton
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
RuudShelton
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
RuudShelton
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40

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).

1st
Ruud
Shelton
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Ruud
Shelton
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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