Flavio Cobolli shocks Ben Shelton 4-6 7-6(1) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Geneva on Tuesday. Cobolli will seek to keep on going in this event against Alexander Shevchenko in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 1 minute.
Cobolli added to his prize money € 7,345 after conquering this match. He has already won € 17,510 after this win. If he wins the next match, Flavio will add € 12,710 to his earnings to get in total € 30,220 in total.
Highlights Flavio Cobolli vs. Ben Shelton Gonet Geneva Open – Geneva
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Flavio scored 101 points vs. the American’s 86.
Cobolli
Flavio served extremely well to win 78% of the points (47/60) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (13/26) on his second serve. Cobolli won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Shelton
On the other side, Shelton was not so effective in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Cobolli and Shelton is 1-0 for Flavio.
Draw and next match H2H: Flavio Cobolli vs. Alexander Shevchenko – stats
Cobolli will face Shevchenko in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Flavio Cobolli and Alexander Shevchenko since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Shelton conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before eventually winning the set (6-4).
The American was perfect in converting all his break points in the 6th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Ben didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 61 points. It’s worth to point out that, The American won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Flavio (29-32). Shelton surrendered 10 points on serve (20-10). On the other side, Cobolli conceded 9 points on serve (22-9).
The Italian conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Italian broke back in the 8th (4-4) game to conquer the set 7-6.
Flavio converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 8th (3-4 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Ben was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd
game (1-1 15-40).They contested 88 points. It’s worth to point out that, Flavio won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Ben (43-45). The Italian conceded 11 points on serve (17-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 26 points on serve (34-26).
Cobolli in this set was too good for Ben and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Ben in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Flavio was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Shelton was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 38 points. Cobolli won 12 more points than the American (25-13). Cobolli lost 6 points on serve (17-6). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 8 points on serve (7-8).
Tennis Scores in Geneva
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Ben SheltonShelton (4-6 7-61 6-2)
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (w/o)
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