Ben Shelton dispatches Radu Albot 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Washington on Wednesday. Shelton will fight against Brandon Nakashima in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Ben added to his prize money $ 12,695 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 28,055 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shelton will add $ 25,185 to his earnings to get in total $ 53,240 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Radu Albot Citi Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:17
At the end of the match, Shelton scored 106 points vs. Radu’s 88.
Shelton
Ben served pretty well to win 79% of the points (49/62) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (19/30) on his second serve. Ben fired 12 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Ben won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Albot
On the other side, the Moldovan was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Shelton and Albot is 1-0 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Brandon Nakashima – stats
Shelton will face Nakashima in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Brandon Nakashima fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Shelton won 7-5 7-69 in the quarter in Houston back in April 2024.
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 Ben grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
Radu was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Ben converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Ben didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 64 points. The American won 6 more points than Albot (35-29). Shelton was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (20-2). In addition, on the other side, the Moldovan conceded 15 points on serve (27-15).
Radu conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Albot broke back in the 8th (4-4) game to conquer the set 7-6.
Radu was flawless in converting all his break points in the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, Shelton was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They played 84 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Moldovan won this set even if he scored less points 4 than the American (40-44). Albot lost 8 points on serve (18-8). In addition, on the other side, Shelton conceded 22 points on serve (36-22).
Shelton started the set strong after breaking Radu Albot in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was enough for the American to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Shelton converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Ben didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 46 points. Shelton conquered the set after winning 10 more points than Radu (28-18). The American was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). On the other side, Radu conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Ben SheltonShelton – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-75 6-3)
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-64 7-63)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (3-6 7-63 6-4)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 6-3)
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 7-64)
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-66 7-66)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – David GoffinGoffin (7-64 6-3)
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Juncheng ShangShang (2-3 ret.)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (4-6 6-3 6-4)
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-2 6-4)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 7-61)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 6-2)
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 6-3)
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-2 6-1)
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-2)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-78 6-3 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Andrey RublevRublev – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Flavio CobolliCobolli (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – (0-1) – H2H details and stats
