Ben Shelton hustles Roberto Carballes Baena 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Auckland on Thursday. Shelton will seek to keep on going in this event against Taro Daniel in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Ben added to his prize money $ 14,515 after winning this match. He has already won $ 34,510 until now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Shelton will add $ 24,195 to his earnings to get in total $ 58,705.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Roberto Carballes Baena ASB Classic – Auckland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:40
At the end of the match, Ben scored 68 points vs. Carballes Baena’s 58.
Shelton
Shelton won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Carballes Baena
On the other side, Carballes Baena had a tough time converting his break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Carballes Baena is 1-0 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Taro Daniel – stats
Shelton will square off with Daniel in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Ben Shelton and Taro Daniel play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Shelton started the set strong after breaking Roberto Carballes Baena in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that was not enough for Shelton to win the set as the Spaniard found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The American kept his cool to break Roberto in the 10th (6-4) game.
Ben failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
The American converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Carballes Baena converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (0-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 76 points. Shelton won 6 more points than the Spaniard (41-35). Ben dropped 19 points on serve (28-19). on the other side of the court, the Spaniard conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the American conquered in the 8th game (5-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
The American converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Roberto was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 50 points. Shelton was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Carballes Baena (27-23). Shelton dropped 6 points on serve (18-6). On the losing side, the Spaniard conceded 9 points on serve (17-9).
Tennis Scores in Auckland
- Arthur FilsFils – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (7-62 1-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Cameron NorrieNorrie (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 6-73 6-3) – Stats and score progression
