Frances Tiafoe conquers Ben Shelton 4-6 7-5 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 in the 3rd round in New York on Friday in what was an all-American encounter. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

New York
Tiafoe's Record

Frances added to his prize money $ 110,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 325,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tiafoe will add $ 205,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 530,000 in total.

After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Shelton is 1-2 for Ben.

Tiafoe had an good ride in the last 2 sets to concede 7 games after winning 63 points vs. ‘s 46 points.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Shelton 6-4
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Shelton won the set after he broke Frances in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Tiafoe tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Notwithstanding, Shelton kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-4.

Ben was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Frances was spot on in converting all his break points in the 9th game (3-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 55 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Ben won only 1 point more than Frances (28-27). Shelton dropped 12 points on serve (19-12). on the other side of the net, Frances conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).

2nd Set -
Tiafoe 7-5
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The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Frances conquered in the 11th game (6-5) before ultimately winning the set (7-5).

Frances was unable to break Shelton in the 7th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40) in the 7th (40-0) and in the 9th (40-0) game.

Frances converted 11% of his break points (1/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Tiafoe didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 73 points. Frances was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Shelton (39-34). Tiafoe lost 8 points on serve (25-8). on the other side of the net, Ben conceded 14 points on serve (26-14).

3rd Set -
Shelton 7-6
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Ben won the set after he broke Tiafoe in the 8th (5-3) game. Frances tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Anyhow, Shelton maintained the focus to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 5.

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

Tiebreak

Shelton won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (6-0) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Tiafoe won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (2-6) and 9th (3-6) point.

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

Ben was flawless in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Tiafoe was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 93 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Shelton won just 3 more points than Tiafoe (48-45). Ben dropped 15 points on serve (28-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Frances conceded 20 points on serve (30-20).

4th Set -
Tiafoe 6-4
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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Frances conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

Frances converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Frances didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 61 points. Frances was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Shelton (34-27). Frances lost 6 points on serve (20-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Ben conceded 14 points on serve (21-14

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5th Set -
Tiafoe 6-3
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The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Frances conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before eventually conquering the set (6-3).

Frances was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, Ben was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 48 points. Tiafoe conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Ben (28-20). Frances surrendered 6 points on serve (21-6). In addition, on the other side, Shelton conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).

1st
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4-6
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6
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2nd
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3rd
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Shelton
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4th
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5th
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1
0

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