Ben Shelton victorious over Pavel Kotov 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Rome on Friday. Shelton will play Zhizhen Zhang in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 38 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Ben added to his prize money € 21,410 after winning this match. He has already won € 51,665 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shelton will add € 36,775 to his earnings to get in total € 88,440 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Pavel Kotov Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:38
At the end of the match, Ben scored 95 points vs. Kotov’s 78.
Shelton
The American served very well to win 78% of the points (36/46) behind his first serve, and he won 76% points (25/33) on his second serve. Shelton won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.
Kotov
On the other side, the Russian was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Shelton and Kotov is 1-0 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Zhizhen Zhang – stats
Shelton will face Zhang in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Zhizhen Zhang clash against each other. 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 set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Kotov clinched in the 9th game (5-4) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
Ben had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
The Russian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 9th game (4-4 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Shelton wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (4-3 40-A).
They contested 66 points. This set was so close that, Kotov won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Kotov dropped 8 points on serve (23-8). On the losing side, Shelton conceded 10 points on serve (25-10).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Ben grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Kotov was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Ben converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Shelton didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 53 points. The American conquered the set after winning 7 points more than the Russian (30-23). Ben was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, Kotov conceded 14 points on serve (20-14).
Similarly to the 2nd set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Ben grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
The American converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Shelton didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 54 points. Shelton was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Kotov (32-22). The American conceded 5 points on serve (20-5). on the other side of the net, Pavel conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-4)
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-3 6-2)
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 6-4)
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- Sebastian KordaKorda – Flavio CobolliCobolli (7-66 4-6 6-4)
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- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-4)
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-1 6-3)
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (7-5 1-0 ret.)
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