Ben Shelton wins against Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Houston on Saturday. Shelton will seek to keep on going in this event against Frances Tiafoe in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes.
The American added to his prize money $ 24,190 after winning this match. He has already won $ 58,700 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shelton will add $ 41,935 to his earnings to get in total $ 100,635 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Shelton scored 98 points vs. Etcheverry’s 82.
Shelton
Shelton served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (48/57) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (16/26) on his second serve. The American was effective at converting 75% of the break points that he procured (3/4).
Etcheverry
On the other side, the Argentine was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Etcheverry is 1-0 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats
Shelton will compete against Tiafoe in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
The Argentine won the set after he broke the American .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Ben wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 30-40).
They contested 82 points. This set was so close that, The Argentine won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Etcheverry surrendered 17 points on serve (37-17). on the other side of the court, Ben conceded 4 points on serve (24-4).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the American grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Shelton was flawless in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 40-A). On the other side, Shelton didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. Ben conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Etcheverry (31-18). Shelton was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (20-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Tomas Martin conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
Similarly to the 2nd set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the American grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
The American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 0-40). On the other side, Etcheverry was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 49 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Shelton won just 3 points more than the Argentine (26-23). Ben conceded 10 points on serve (18-10). In addition, on the other side, Tomas Martin conceded 8 points on serve (13-8).
Tennis Scores in Houston
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-2 7-62)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-74 6-4 6-4)
