Carlos Alcaraz wins against Ben Shelton 6-3 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in Toronto on Wednesday. Alcaraz will have to play Hubert Hurkacz in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 38 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 2nd round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alcaraz added to his prize money $ 41,185 after winning this match. He has already won $ 88,805 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alcaraz will add $ 77,215 to his earnings to get in total $ 166,020 in total.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Ben Shelton National Bank Open – Toronto
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alcaraz scored 75 points vs. Shelton’s 65.
Alcaraz
Alcaraz won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (1/3) of the procured opportunities.
Shelton
On the other side, Shelton wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz and Shelton is 1-0 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Hubert Hurkacz – stats
Alcaraz will compete against Hurkacz in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Hubert Hurkacz face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
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 Alcaraz snatched in the 4th game (3-1) before finally winning the set (6-3).
The Spaniard converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Ben was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 69 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Spaniard won just 3 points more than Shelton (36-33). The Spaniard conceded 14 points on serve (25-14). On the losing side, Shelton conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Carlos won the tiebreak at 7-3.
Tiebreak
The Spaniard won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Ben won a minibreak in the 6th (2-4) point.
Alcaraz won the tiebreak 7-3 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, 6-3, 7-3
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Furthermore, on the other side, Alcaraz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 71 points. The Spaniard won 7 points more than Ben (39-32). Carlos surrendered 10 points on serve (28-10). In addition, on the other side, Shelton conceded 11 points on serve (22-11).
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