Ben Shelton downs Bautista Agut in the 1st round to set up a battle vs O Connell at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Shelton ousts Bautista Agut to play Christopher O Connell in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Roberto Bautista Agut

Ben Shelton prevails over Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 7-6(2) 7-5 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday. Shelton will try to keep the momentum against Christopher O Connell in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 46 minutes. His most significant achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Shelton
Melbourne
Shelton's Record

The American added to his prize money $ 60,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 180,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 75,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 255,000 in total.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Roberto Bautista Agut Australian Open – Melbourne

Shelton’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Shelton
Agut
Ben Shelton
6-2 7-62 7-5
2h:46
Roberto Bautista Agut
119
119
Total points
98
98
55
55
Winners
50
50
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
40
40
Unforced
36
36
53%
53%
Ratio Unforced
47%
47%
22/31
22/31
Net Approaches
8/14
8/14
71%
71%
Perc
57%
57%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
68%
68%
1st in
76%
76%
79%
79%
1st won
57%
57%
55/70
55/70
1st won
50/87
50/87
39%
39%
2nd won
48%
48%
13/33
13/33
2nd won
13/27
13/27
222
222
Fastest serve
192
192
187
187
AVG 1st Serve
172
172
161
161
AVG 2nd Serve
152
152
-- Break Points --
5/6
5/6
Total
2/11
2/11
83%
83%
Won
18%
18%
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At the end of the match, Shelton scored 119 points vs. the Spaniard’s 98.

Shelton

The American served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (55/70) behind his first serve. However he won only 39% points (13/33) on his second serve. The American struck 14 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Ben was pretty good at converting 83% of the break points that he conquered (5/6).

Bautista Agut

On the other side, Roberto wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 18% – 2/11). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Shelton and Bautista Agut is 1-0 for Ben.

Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Christopher O Connell – stats

Shelton will come up against O Connell in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Ben Shelton Draw info

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

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