Juncheng Shang stuns Ben Shelton 7-6(6) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Atlanta on Thursday. Shang will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Max Purcell in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 38 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Shang added to his prize money $ 9,580 after winning this match. He has already won $ 22,850 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Chinese will add $ 16,585 to his earnings to get in total $ 39,435 in total.
Highlights Juncheng Shang vs. Ben Shelton Atlanta Open – Atlanta
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Shang scored 69 points vs. the American’s 62.
Shang
Juncheng was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (2/4).
Shelton
On the other side, Ben was great in converting the only break point that he converted. Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this contest, the head to head between Shang and Shelton is 3-0 for Juncheng.
Draw and next match H2H: Juncheng Shang vs. Max Purcell – stats
Shang will play Purcell in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Juncheng Shang and Max Purcell since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Atlanta
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-4 3-6 6-3)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-5 7-5)
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 6-4)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Harold MayotMayot (6-2 7-5)
- Juncheng ShangShang – Ben SheltonShelton (7-66 6-4)
- Max PurcellPurcell – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 6-3)
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Adam WaltonWalton (7-64 6-3)
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-66 4-6 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (0-0) – H2H details and stats