Ben Shelton gets the better of Reilly Opelka 7-6(3) 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Cincinnati on Tuesday in what was an all-American contest. Shelton will square off with Ivan Dodig/Jamie Murray or Karen Khachanov/Andrey Rublev in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 38 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

Cincinnati
Shelton's Record

Ben added to his prize money $ 21,865 after winning this match. He has already won $ 49,030 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shelton will add $ 42,405 to his earnings to get in total $ 91,435 in total.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Reilly Opelka Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Shelton
Opelka
7-63 7-63
1h:38
82
82
Total points
74
74
53
53
Winners
41
41
65%
65%
Ratio Winners
55%
55%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
19
19
4
4
Double Faults
3
3
70%
70%
1st in
67%
67%
91%
91%
1st won
84%
84%
53/58
53/58
1st won
41/49
41/49
48%
48%
2nd won
63%
63%
12/25
12/25
2nd won
15/24
15/24
-- Break Points --
0/2
0/2
Total
0/5
0/5
0%
0%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Ben scored 82 points vs. Opelka’s 74.

Shelton

Ben served pretty well to win 91% of the points (53/58) behind his first serve. However he won only 48% points (12/25) on his second serve. Ben wasn’t able to conquer any break point to conquer the match only at the tiebreaks.

Opelka

On the other side, Reilly wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Opelka is 1-0 for Ben.

Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Ivan Dodig/Jamie Murray or Karen Khachanov/Andrey Rublev – stats

Shelton will compete against either Ivan Dodig/Jamie Murray or Karen Khachanov/Andrey Rublev in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Ivan Dodig/Jamie Murray and 0-0 vs. Karen Khachanov/Andrey Rublev.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Shelton 7-6
SheltonOpelka
7
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
SheltonOpelka
7
6
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
4
3
5
3
6
3
SheltonOpelka
6
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
SheltonOpelka
6
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SheltonOpelka
5
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
SheltonOpelka
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
SheltonOpelka
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
SheltonOpelka
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
SheltonOpelka
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
SheltonOpelka
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
SheltonOpelka
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
SheltonOpelka
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SheltonOpelka
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
SheltonOpelka
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Shelton won the set after he broke Reilly .

Shelton was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Reilly was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 80 points. It’s worth to point out that, Ben won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Reilly (39-41). Ben dropped 8 points on serve (27-8). On the other side, Reilly conceded 12 points on serve (33-12).

2nd Set -
Shelton 7-6
SheltonOpelka
7
6
O
0
1
S
1
1
S
2
1
O
2
2
O
3
2
S
4
2
S
5
2
O
6
2
O
6
3
S
7
3
SheltonOpelka
6
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
SheltonOpelka
5
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
SheltonOpelka
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SheltonOpelka
4
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
SheltonOpelka
4
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SheltonOpelka
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
SheltonOpelka
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
SheltonOpelka
2
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SheltonOpelka
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SheltonOpelka
1
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
SheltonOpelka
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0

Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Shelton won the tiebreak at 7-3.

Tiebreak

Shelton won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point.

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

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Opelka was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 76 points. Ben won 6 more points than Reilly (41-35). Shelton lost 10 points on serve (32-10). In addition, on the other side, Reilly conceded 9 points on serve (25-9

).
1st
Shelton
Opelka
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Shelton
Opelka
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1

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