Ben Shelton aces Reilly Opelka 3-6 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Tokyo on Thursday in what was an all-American match. Shelton will engage against Mariano Navone in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes. Ben won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Shelton added to his prize money $ 12,410 after winning this match. He has already won $ 26,595 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ben will add $ 23,225 to his earnings to get in total $ 49,820 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Reilly Opelka Japan Open Tennis Championships – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:46
At the end of the match, Shelton scored 81 points vs. Reilly’s 75.
Shelton
Ben served pretty well to win 77% of the points (40/52) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (10/20) on his second serve. Ben won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.
Opelka
On the other side, Reilly had some problems converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Shelton and Opelka is 2-0 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Mariano Navone – stats
Shelton will square off with Navone in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Mariano Navone since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Opelka won the set after he broke Ben in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Opelka failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
Ben lost the 7th game (4-3) when he had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0. Ben was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Opelka was spot on in converting all his break points in the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Opelka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. Opelka conquered the set after winning 15 points more than Ben (34-19). Opelka was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (20-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Shelton conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
Shelton was far too good to drop only 1 game before breaking Reilly 3 times and win the set 6-1.
Ben failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 0.
Opelka had no answers in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Shelton converted 33% of his break points (3/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Opelka was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 46 points. Ben conquered the set after winning 18 points more than Opelka (32-14). Ben dropped 5 points on serve (17-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Reilly conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Shelton conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
They contested 58 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Ben won just 2 more points than Reilly (30-28). Ben was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, Reilly conceded 14 points on serve (25-14).
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Ben SheltonShelton – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (3-6 6-1 6-4)
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (7-65 3-6 7-65)
- Arthur FilsFils – Taylor FritzFritz (6-4 3-6 6-3)
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-4 7-65)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 6-75 7-5)
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 3-6 6-3)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (4-6 6-1 6-2)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (7-5 6-3)
- Jack DraperDraper – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 6-2)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-3 6-2)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Casper RuudRuud (7-65 6-1)
- Holger RuneRune – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-2 5-7 6-4)
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-4)
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-75 6-4)
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-4)
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Kei NishikoriNishikori (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tommy PaulPaul – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Ugo HumbertHumbert (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Jack DraperDraper – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-4) – H2H details and stats
- Mariano NavoneNavone – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
