Ben Shelton topples Fabian Marozsan 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Auckland on Wednesday. Shelton will seek to keep on going in this event against Roberto Carballes Baena in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Ben added to his prize money $ 8,385 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 19,995 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shelton will add $ 14,515 to his earnings to get in total $ 34,510 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Fabian Marozsan ASB Classic – Auckland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 58 points vs. the Hungarian’s 50.
Shelton
Shelton served pretty well to win 80% of the points (32/40) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 47% points (9/19) on his second serve. The American struck 10 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Shelton won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Marozsan
On the other side, Fabian was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Marozsan is 2-0 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Roberto Carballes Baena – stats
Shelton will face Carballes Baena in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Roberto Carballes Baena since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Shelton had a racing start in this set after breaking Fabian Marozsan in the 1st game (1-0). However, the American managed to stage a great comeback to break the Hungarian in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
Shelton converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Hungarian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 3rd game (1-1 40-A).
They played 63 points. Ben conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Marozsan (34-29). The American surrendered 11 points on serve (21-11). On the other side, the Hungarian conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Shelton grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) just before finally conquering the set (6-4).
The American converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Ben didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Shelton won just 3 more points than Fabian (24-21). Shelton dropped 7 points on serve (20-7). Regarding the other side of the net, the Hungarian conceded 4 points on serve (14-4).
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