Ben Shelton aces Jordan Thompson 6-7(2) 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Dallas on Friday. Shelton will square off with Tommy Paul in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Ben added to his prize money $ 16,585 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 39,435 up to now in this event. If he wins the next match, Shelton will add $ 27,635 to his earnings to get in total $ 67,070.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Jordan Thompson Dallas Open – Dallas
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Ben scored 99 points vs. Jordan’s 90.
Shelton
The American served very well to win 79% of the points (55/70) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (21/34) on his second serve. Shelton struck 11 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Ben didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4).
Thompson
On the other side, Jordan wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Shelton and Thompson is 3-0 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Tommy Paul – stats
Shelton will come up against Paul in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Ben Shelton and Tommy Paul clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
The Australian won the set after he broke the American .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Moreover, on the other side, Jordan didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 74 points. Thompson was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than the American (40-34). Thompson conceded 9 points on serve (35-9). on the other side of the court, Shelton conceded 5 points on serve (25-5).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Ben snatched in the 7th game (4-3) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The American converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Australian was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 61 points. Ben conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Australian (34-27). Shelton dropped 9 points on serve (25-9). on the other side of the court, Jordan conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).
Similarly to the 2nd set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Ben grabbed in the 7th game (4-3) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).
Ben was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-3 0-40). On the other side, the Australian was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 54 points. Shelton conquered the set after winning 4 points more than the Australian (29-25). The American surrendered 13 points on serve (22-13). On the other side, Thompson conceded 7 points on serve (12-7).
Tennis Scores in Dallas
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- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-2 3-1 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-72 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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