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 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
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.
Live score progression and stats
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).
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).
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).
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Ben SheltonShelton – Marcos GironGiron (6-72 7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – (0-1) – H2H details and stats