Ben Shelton gets the better of Matteo Arnaldi 7-6(1) 3-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Acapulco on Wednesday. Shelton will clash against Casper Ruud in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 31 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Ben added to his prize money $ 28,175 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 60,440 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ben will add $ 57,860 to his earnings to get in total $ 118,300 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Matteo Arnaldi Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Shelton scored 101 points vs. Matteo’s 91.
Shelton
Ben won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Arnaldi
On the other side, Arnaldi didn’t lose the concentration in converting 75% of the break points that he conquered points (3/4). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Shelton and Arnaldi is 1-0 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Shelton will fight against Ruud in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Ben Shelton and Casper Ruud clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Shelton and Ruud (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Shelton won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The American broke back in the 4th (2-2) game to conquer the set 7-6.
Shelton converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Matteo was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A).
They contested 97 points. Shelton was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than the Italian (51-46). Ben dropped 10 points on serve (23-10). On the losing side, the Italian conceded 28 points on serve (36-28).
Shelton was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Matteo Arnaldi in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for Arnaldi to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
Arnaldi was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st game (0-0 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Arnaldi won just 3 points more than Ben (24-21). Matteo was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Shelton conceded 8 points on serve (17-8).
Shelton had a great start in this set after breaking Matteo Arnaldi in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, there was more to do for the American to win the set as Arnaldi managed to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 15.
Shelton converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 5th game (4-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Italian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (1-5 15-40).
They played 50 points. The American conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Matteo (28-22). The American dropped 8 points on serve (13-8). On the losing side, Matteo conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
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- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 5-7 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-61 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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