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

By
Luke Meyer
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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
Ben Shelton
6-72 7-65 6-4
2h:50
Marcos Giron
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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