Ben Shelton dispatches Aslan Karatsev 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-0 in the 3rd round in New York on Friday. Shelton is going to play against Tommy Paul in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Shelton added to his prize money $ 93,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 284,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 171,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 455,000 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Aslan Karatsev U.S. Open – New York
Shelton’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
6-0
2h:18
At the end of the match, the American scored 107 points vs. Karatsev’s 84.
Shelton
Shelton served very well to win 86% of the points (49/57) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (15/28) on his second serve. Ben fired 26 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Ben was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (6/10).
Karatsev
On the other side, the Russian was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Karatsev is 1-0 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Tommy Paul – stats
Shelton will square off with Paul in the 4th round.
This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Tommy Paul square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Paul (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Paul won 7-66 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the quarter in Melbourne back in January 2023.
Ben had an good ride in the last 2 sets to lose 2 games after winning 54 points vs. Paul’s 31 points.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Ben clinched in the 3rd game (2-1) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).
The American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40). On the other side, Shelton didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 47 points. Shelton was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Karatsev (28-19). Shelton was untouchable on serve to drop only 1 point during his serving games (20-1). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 8 points on serve (18-8).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Karatsev clinched in the 4th game (3-1) before finally winning the set (6-3).
The Russian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, the American was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A).
They contested 59 points. Aslan conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Ben (34-25). Karatsev dropped 11 points on serve (26-11). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).
Ben in this set was more solid than the Russian and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Karatsev in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Russian couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Ben was spot on in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Shelton didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 45 points. Ben was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Karatsev (27-18). Ben lost 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).
The Russian was unable to hold the serve for the entire set and the American won the set 6-0.
The American converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 40-A). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (0-4 30-40).
They contested 40 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than the Russian (27-13). The American surrendered 6 points on serve (13-6). on the other side of the court, Karatsev conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Taylor FritzFritz – Jakub MensikMensik (6-1 6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-4 3-6 6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Dominic StrickerStricker – Benjamin BonziBonzi (2-6 7-5 7-64 3-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-4 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (4-6 6-2 6-3 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-1 6-0 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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