Marco Cecchinato surprises Ben Shelton 7-5 2-6 6-2 in the 1st round in Geneva on Sunday. Cecchinato will clash against Yibing Wu in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 2 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Italian added to his prize money € 3,845 after winning this match. He has already won € 9,880 after this win. If he wins the next match, Cecchinato will add € 7,130 to his earnings to get in total € 17,010 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Marco scored 91 points vs. Shelton’s 82.
Cecchinato
The Italian won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Shelton
On the other side, Ben was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (3/6). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Cecchinato and Shelton is 1-0 for Marco.
Draw and next match H2H: Marco Cecchinato vs. Yibing Wu – stats
Cecchinato will square off with Wu in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Marco Cecchinato and Yibing Wu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Italian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 8th (3-5) game, The Italian broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.
The American was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-5 to 7-5.
Marco converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th (3-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). In addition on the other side, Shelton converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 8th (4-3 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A).
They played 67 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Italian won just 3 more points than the American (35-32). The Italian surrendered 10 points on serve (22-10). on the other side of the net, Shelton conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).
Shelton in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay the Italian and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking the Italian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Shelton failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.
Ben was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Marco was perfect in converting all his break points in the 7th game (2-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 59 points. Ben was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Marco (33-26). Ben surrendered 13 points on serve (23-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Cecchinato conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).
The Italian in this set was more solid than the American and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking the American in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Marco converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Cecchinato didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 47 points. Marco was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than the American (30-17). The Italian conceded 8 points on serve (18-8). In addition, on the other side, Shelton conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).
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