Ben Shelton outlasts Taro Daniel 3-6 6-4 7-6(2) in the 1st round in Tokyo on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Shelton is going to play against Jordan Thompson in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 32 minutes.
Ben added to his prize money $ 12,680 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 27,170 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shelton will add $ 23,725 to his earnings to get in total $ 50,895 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Taro Daniel Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:32
At the end of the match, Ben scored 93 points vs. Taro’s 92.
Shelton
The American won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Daniel
On the other side, the Japanese was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Daniel is 2-0 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Jordan Thompson – stats
Shelton will come up against Thompson in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Jordan Thompson fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Shelton started the set strong after breaking Taro Daniel in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Daniel was not done to come back to break Ben in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).
A crucial moment of this set was when Taro won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.
The Japanese was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 15-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Shelton was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (1-3 30-40).
They played 59 points. Daniel won 7 points more than Ben (33-26). The Japanese conceded 10 points on serve (19-10). In addition, on the other side, Ben conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Ben clinched in the 10th game (6-4) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Ben failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Ben converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Shelton didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 56 points. The American won 4 more points than Daniel (30-26). Ben dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). On the other side, the Japanese conceded 10 points on serve (20-10).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Shelton had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.
Tiebreak
Ben won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the Japanese won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 5th (2-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the Japanese wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They played 72 points. Shelton was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Taro (38-34). Shelton surrendered 10 points on serve (24-10). In addition, on the other side, Daniel conceded 14 points on serve (24-14).
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