Ben Shelton gets the better of Nakashima in the 3rd round to collide vs Shapovalov. HIGHLIGHTS – WASHINGTON RESULTS

Ben Shelton wins against Brandon Nakashima 7-6(5) 7-6(4) in the 3^rd round in Washington on Thursday in what was an all-American encounter. Shelton will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Denis Shapovalov in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Washington

Shelton's Record

Ben added to his prize money $ 25,185 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 53,240 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shelton will add $ 48,735 to his earnings to get in total $ 101,975 in total.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Brandon Nakashima Citi Open – Washington

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Shelton

Nakashima

7-6⁵ 7-6⁴
1h:45

80

80

Total points

80

80

50

50

Winners

35

35

63%

63%

Ratio Winners

44%

44%

-- Serve --

14

14

Aces

5

5

4

4

Double Faults

0

0

69%

69%

1st in

63%

63%

81%

81%

1st won

80%

80%

50/62

50/62

1st won

35/44

35/44

50%

50%

2nd won

73%

73%

14/28

14/28

2nd won

19/26

19/26

-- Break Points --

1/1

1/1

Total

1/5

1/5

100%

100%

Won

20%

20%

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Ben won this match even if he scored the same amount of points of Nakashima (80 vs. 80).

Shelton

Ben served very well to win 81% of the points (50/62) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (14/28) on his second serve. Ben blasted 14 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Shelton was remarkable in converting the only break point that he conquered.

Nakashima

On the other side, Nakashima had a tough time converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Nakashima is 2-0 for Ben.

Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats

Shelton will play Shapovalov in the quarter.

This will be the 2^nd time that Ben Shelton and Denis Shapovalov square off. 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 locked horns, Shelton won 6-7⁴ 6-2 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the 3^rd round in Wimbledon back in July 2024.

Live score progression and stats

Shelton won the set after he broke Brandon in the 8^th (5-3) game. Brandon tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9^th (5-4) game. However, Ben kept the situation under control to conquer the set 7-6.

Ben failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 40.

Shelton was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8^th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Brandon converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 9^th game (3-5 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 91 points. It’s worth to point out that, Ben won this set even if he scored less points 5 than Nakashima (43-48). Shelton lost 16 points on serve (29-16). On the other side, Brandon conceded 14 points on serve (32-14).

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Ben won the tiebreak at 7-4.

Tiebreak

Shelton won 2 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0) and 11^th (7-4) point.

Shelton won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Also, on the other side, Shelton didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 69 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Ben won just 3 more points than Brandon (36-33). Ben conceded 9 points on serve (30-9). On the losing side, Nakashima conceded 6 points on serve (24-6).

Tennis Scores in Washington

• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-6 7-6⁰ 7-6⁷)
• Andrey RublevRublev – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-6⁴ 6-4)
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-7¹ 7-5 3-2 ret.)
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (4-6 6-4 6-2)
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (6-3 6-3)
• Ben SheltonShelton – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-6⁵ 7-6⁴)
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-6³ 4-6 6-3)
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (7-5 6-4)

Upcoming matches

• Andrey RublevRublev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-2) – H2H details and stats
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – (0-1) – H2H details and stats
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – (0-0) – H2H details and stats