Roman Safiullin gets the better of Ben Shelton 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 in the 1st round in Brisbane on Monday. Safiullin will fight against Alexei Popyrin in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes.

Brisbane
Safiullin's Record

The Russian added to his prize money $ 4,360 after winning this match. He has already won $ 11,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 7,700 to his earnings to get in total $ 18,700 in total.

Highlights Roman Safiullin vs. Ben Shelton Brisbane International – Brisbane

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Safiullin
Shelton
6-3 6-75 6-3
2h:37
106
106
Total points
92
92
44
44
Winners
53
53
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
58%
58%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
12
12
6
6
Double Faults
6
6
53%
53%
1st in
67%
67%
88%
88%
1st won
77%
77%
44/50
44/50
1st won
53/69
53/69
62%
62%
2nd won
47%
47%
28/45
28/45
2nd won
16/34
16/34
-- Break Points --
2/11
2/11
Total
0/5
0/5
18%
18%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 106 points vs. the American’s 92.

Safiullin

Roman served exceptionally well to win 88% of the points (44/50) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (28/45) on his second serve. Roman won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 18% (2/11) of the procured opportunities.

Shelton

On the other side, Ben wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Safiullin and Shelton is 2-1 for Roman.

Draw and next match H2H: Roman Safiullin vs. Alexei Popyrin – stats

Safiullin will square off with Popyrin in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Roman Safiullin and Alexei Popyrin face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Safiullin and Popyrin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Popyrin won 7-5 7-5 in the 3rd round in Rome back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Safiullin 6-3
SafiullinShelton
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
SafiullinShelton
6
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SafiullinShelton
5
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SafiullinShelton
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
SafiullinShelton
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
SafiullinShelton
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SafiullinShelton
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
SafiullinShelton
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
SafiullinShelton
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
SafiullinShelton
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Safiullin conquered in the 8th game (5-3) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).

Shelton couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.

The Russian converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). On the other side, Ben was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 70 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than the American (38-32). The Russian lost 7 points on serve (22-7). on the other side of the net, Shelton conceded 16 points on serve (25-16

).
2nd Set -
Shelton 7-6
SheltonSafiullin
7
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SheltonSafiullin
7
6
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
4
2
4
3
5
3
6
3
6
4
6
5
SheltonSafiullin
6
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
SheltonSafiullin
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SheltonSafiullin
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
SheltonSafiullin
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SheltonSafiullin
4
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SheltonSafiullin
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
SheltonSafiullin
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
SheltonSafiullin
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
SheltonSafiullin
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
SheltonSafiullin
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SheltonSafiullin
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Shelton won the set after he broke Safiullin .

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Furthermore, on the other side, Ben didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 70 points. It’s worth to point out that, The American won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Roman (33-37). The American was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 13 points on serve (33-13

).
3rd Set -
Safiullin 6-3
SafiullinShelton
6
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
SafiullinShelton
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SafiullinShelton
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
SafiullinShelton
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
SafiullinShelton
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
SafiullinShelton
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
SafiullinShelton
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
SafiullinShelton
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Safiullin conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before finally winning the set (6-3).

Roman converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 58 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Shelton (31-27). Safiullin surrendered 8 points on serve (18-8). In addition, on the other side, Shelton conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).

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

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