Ben Shelton survives Lloyd Harris 4-6 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(7) in the 2nd round in London on Thursday after winning a huge battle. Shelton will square off with Denis Shapovalov in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 49 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Shelton added to his prize money £ 50,000 after winning this match. He has already won £ 143,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add £ 83,000 to his earnings to get in total £ 226,000 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Lloyd Harris Wimbledon – London
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ben scored 180 points vs. Lloyd’s 173.
Shelton
Shelton served pretty well to win 81% of the points (101/124) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (32/58) on his second serve. Ben blasted 14 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Shelton won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 20% (1/5) of the procured opportunities.
Harris
On the other side, the South African wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Shelton and Harris is 1-0 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats
Shelton will come up against Shapovalov in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Denis Shapovalov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other 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 Harris conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).
The South African was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Lloyd didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 52 points. The South African was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Ben (28-24). Lloyd surrendered 6 points on serve (20-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Shelton conceded 8 points on serve (18-8).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Ben won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Ben won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Lloyd won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 8th (3-5) point.
Shelton won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Harris was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 83 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Ben won barely 1 point more than Harris (42-41). The American lost 13 points on serve (32-13). on the other side of the court, Harris conceded 10 points on serve (28-10).
Also in this set, both players were too good on serve and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Harris won the breaker at 7-5.
Tiebreak
The South African won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Ben won a minibreak in the 9th (3-6) point.
The South African won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
The South African wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Shelton wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 79 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Lloyd won barely 1 point more than Shelton (40-39). The South African dropped 9 points on serve (29-9). on the other side of the court, Ben conceded 11 points on serve (30-11).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American snatched in the 6th game (4-2) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
The American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Shelton didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 55 points. Shelton was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than the South African (31-24). Ben dropped 9 points on serve (22-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the South african conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
The 5th set random the deciding set was a sheer thriller.
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, the American won a thrilling breaker 10-7 after a huge fight with 17 points played.
Tiebreak
The American won 3 minibreaks in the 12th (7-5), 16th (9-7) and 17th (10-7) point. On the other side, the South african won a minibreak in the 14th (7-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7, 10-7
Ben was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 6th game (3-3 30-40). The American saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. On the other side, Shelton didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 84 points. Ben was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Harris (44-40). Shelton conceded 8 points on serve (31-8). on the other side of the court, Lloyd conceded 13 points on serve (32-13).
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