Determined Ben Shelton survives Evans in the 1st round to play vs Fritz or Arnaldi. HIGHLIGHTS – ACAPULCO RESULTS

ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL - ACAPULCO RESULTS. Shelton survives Evans to take on Taylor Fritz or Matteo Arnaldi in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Daniel Evans

Ben Shelton outlasts Daniel Evans 2-6 7-5 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Acapulco on Monday after winning a huge battle. Shelton will face Taylor Fritz or Matteo Arnaldi in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 44 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Shelton
Acapulco
Shelton's Record

The American added to his prize money $ 15,055 after winning this match. He has already won $ 32,265 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ben will add $ 28,175 to his earnings to get in total $ 60,440 in total.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Daniel Evans Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Shelton
Evans
Ben Shelton
2-6 7-5 7-65
2h:44
Daniel Evans
93
93
Total points
95
95
50
50
Winners
40
40
54%
54%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
5
5
4
4
Double Faults
3
3
67%
67%
1st in
53%
53%
79%
79%
1st won
80%
80%
50/63
50/63
1st won
40/50
40/50
45%
45%
2nd won
57%
57%
14/31
14/31
2nd won
25/44
25/44
-- Break Points --
2/5
2/5
Total
3/5
3/5
40%
40%
Won
60%
60%
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Ben won this match even if he won less points than Daniel (93 vs. 95).

Shelton

Shelton served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (50/63) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 45% points (14/31) on his second serve. Shelton blasted 12 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Ben won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.

Evans

On the other side, the Brit didn’t lose the focus when converting 60% of the break points that he conquered points (3/5). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Evans is 1-0 for Ben.

Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Taylor Fritz or Matteo Arnaldi – stats

Shelton will square off with either Taylor Fritz or Matteo Arnaldi in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-1 vs. Taylor Fritz and 0-0 vs. Matteo Arnaldi.Ben Shelton Draw info

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1st Set -
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SheltonEvans
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Evans in this set was more solid than the American and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Shelton in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

The American was dominated in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.

The Brit was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Evans didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 48 points. The Brit won 12 more points than Ben (30-18). Daniel was absolutely perfect on serve to concede barely 1 point during his serving games (16-1). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).

2nd Set -
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0

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Shelton conquered in the 12th game (7-5) prior to finally winning the set (7-5).

Shelton failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.

The American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 61 points. The American conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Daniel (36-25). Shelton dropped 5 points on serve (25-5). on the other side of the court, Evans conceded 11 points on serve (20-11).

3rd Set -
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Ben won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 11th (5-6) game, Ben broke back in the 12th (6-6) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-5.

Shelton was unable to break Daniel in the 10th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Tiebreak

Shelton won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the Brit won a minibreak in the 1st (1-0) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5

Shelton converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 10th (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40). On the other side, Evans was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (5-5 0-40).

They played 79 points. It’s worth to point out that, Ben won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Evans (38-41). The American conceded 11 points on serve (21-11). In addition, on the other side, Daniel conceded 17 points on serve (30-17).

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

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