Alexander Zverev hustles Ben Shelton 3-6 7-6(3) 7-5 in the quarter in Cincinnati on Saturday. Zverev will play Jannik Sinner in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes. Zverev won this tournament once in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The German added to his prize money $ 142,455 after winning this match. He has already won $ 313,395 up to now in this event. If he wins the next match, the German will add $ 259,695 to his earnings to get in total $ 573,090.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Ben Shelton Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Zverev scored 103 points vs. the American’s 95.
Zverev
Zverev served extremely well to win 81% of the points (44/54) behind his first serve, and he won 69% points (24/35) on his second serve. Alexander fired 10 aces and he committed 8 double faults. The German won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 13%
(1/8) of the procured opportunities.Shelton
On the other side, Ben wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Shelton is 1-0
for Alexander.Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
Zverev will face Sinner in the semifinal.
This will be the 6th time that Alexander Zverev and Jannik Sinner play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Andrey RublevRublev (4-6 7-5 6-4)
- Holger RuneRune – Jack DraperDraper (6-4 6-2)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Ben SheltonShelton (3-6 7-63 7-5)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-3 ret.)
Upcoming matches
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-4) – H2H details and stats