Jannik Sinner victorious over Ben Shelton 7-6(4) 6-1 in the 4th round in Indian Wells on Tuesday. Sinner will play against Jiri Lehecka in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 38 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Italian added to his prize money $ 84,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 185,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add $ 140,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Ben Shelton BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:38
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 80 points vs. Shelton’s 55.
Sinner
Jannik served pretty well to win 77% of the points (34/44) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (13/21) on his second serve. Sinner won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Shelton
On the other side, the American had some problems converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Sinner and Shelton is 2-1 for Jannik.
Draw and next match H2H: Jannik Sinner vs. Jiri Lehecka – stats
Sinner will take on Lehecka in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Jannik Sinner and Jiri Lehecka face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Lehecka (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Lehecka won in the quarter in Indian Wells back in January 1970.
Live score progression and stats
The Italian won the set after he broke the American in the 5th (3-2) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Anyhow, Sinner didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 7-6.
The Italian missed the chance to break the American in the 11th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Sinner converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Ben converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They played 95 points. The Italian won 11 points more than the American (53-42). Jannik conceded 17 points on serve (36-17). on the other side of the net, Ben conceded 17 points on serve (25-17).
Sinner had a strong start of this set after breaking Ben Shelton in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Sinner reinforced his lead after breaking Ben in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Jannik converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Sinner didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 40 points. Jannik conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Ben (26-14). The Italian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (13-4). on the other side of the net, Ben conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Ben SheltonShelton (7-64 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (5-7 6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Tommy PaulPaul () – Stats and score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Holger RuneRune () – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Gael MonfilsMonfils () – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov () – Stats and score progression
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