Ben Shelton defeats Giron in the semifinal to clash vs Karatsev at the Rakuten Japan Open. HIGHLIGHTS – TOKYO RESULTS

RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN - TOKYO DRAW AND RESULTS. Shelton conquers Giron to square off with Aslan Karatsev in the final

Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Marcos Giron

Ben Shelton defeats Marcos Giron 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-4 in the semifinal in Tokyo on Saturday in what was an all-American match. Shelton will fight against Aslan Karatsev in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 50 minutes.

Shelton
Tokyo
Shelton's Record

Shelton added to his prize money $ 87,305 after winning this match. He has already won $ 186,920 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shelton will add $ 160,470 to his earnings to get in total $ 347,390 in total.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Marcos Giron Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Shelton
Giron
6-72 7-65 6-4
2h:50
109
109
Total points
116
116
59
59
Winners
55
55
54%
54%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
13
13
Aces
8
8
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
74%
74%
1st in
67%
67%
67%
67%
1st won
77%
77%
59/88
59/88
1st won
55/71
55/71
52%
52%
2nd won
49%
49%
16/31
16/31
2nd won
17/35
17/35
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
Total
3/10
3/10
50%
50%
Won
30%
30%
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Ben won this match even if he conquered less points than Marcos (109 vs. 116).

Shelton

Shelton struck 13 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Shelton was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).

Giron

On the other side, Giron had a tough time converting his break points (only 30%3/10). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Giron is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Aslan Karatsev – stats

Shelton will fight against Karatsev in the final.

This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Aslan Karatsev face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Shelton won 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-0 in the 3rd round in Us open back in September 2023.

Ben Shelton Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Giron 7-6
GironShelton
7
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
GironShelton
7
6
0
1
0
2
1
2
2
2
3
2
4
2
5
2
6
2
GironShelton
6
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
GironShelton
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
GironShelton
5
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
GironShelton
4
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
GironShelton
3
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
GironShelton
3
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
GironShelton
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
GironShelton
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
GironShelton
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
GironShelton
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
GironShelton
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
GironShelton
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15

Giron won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Marcos broke back in the 10th (5-5) game to win the set 7-6.

Marcos was spot on in converting all his break points in the 8th (3-4 40-A) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Ben was spot on in converting all his break points in the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 82 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Marcos won just 2 more points than Ben (42-40). Marcos dropped 9 points on serve (23-9). on the other side of the court, Shelton conceded 19 points on serve (31-19).

2nd Set -
Shelton 7-6
SheltonGiron
7
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
SheltonGiron
7
6
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
4
3
4
4
4
5
4
6
4
6
5
SheltonGiron
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
SheltonGiron
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SheltonGiron
5
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
SheltonGiron
4
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
SheltonGiron
3
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
SheltonGiron
2
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
SheltonGiron
2
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
SheltonGiron
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
SheltonGiron
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
SheltonGiron
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
SheltonGiron
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40

Shelton won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (2-5) game, Shelton broke back in the 8th (3-5) and in the 10th (5-5) game to win the set 7-6.

Ben missed the opportunity to break Marcos in the 12th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

One of the most important stints of the set was when Shelton won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the game count from 2-5 to 6-5. However also Marcos won 4 consecutive games from 1-2 to 5-2

Shelton converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 8th (2-5 30-40), the 9th (4-5 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Giron converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 81 points. It’s worth to point out that, Shelton won this set even if he scored less points 7 than Giron (37-44). Ben surrendered 12 points on serve (15-12). On the losing side, Marcos conceded 22 points on serve (32-22).

3rd Set -
Shelton 6-4
SheltonGiron
6
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
SheltonGiron
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
SheltonGiron
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
SheltonGiron
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
SheltonGiron
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SheltonGiron
2
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
SheltonGiron
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
SheltonGiron
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
SheltonGiron
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Ben clinched in the 7th game (4-3) before finally winning the set (6-4).

Ben was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, Giron was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).

They contested 62 points. Shelton won 4 points more than Marcos (33-29). Shelton dropped 15 points on serve (26-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Giron conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).

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

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