Ben Shelton wins against Mariano Navone 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Tokyo on Friday. Shelton will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Arthur Fils in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes. Shelton won this tournament once in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Shelton added to his prize money $ 23,225 after winning this match. He has already won $ 49,820 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shelton will add $ 47,690 to his earnings to get in total $ 97,510 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Mariano Navone Japan Open Tennis Championships – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:26
At the end of the match, Shelton scored 67 points vs. Navone’s 53.
Shelton
The American served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (32/41) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (8/16) on his second serve. Ben was sharp when converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).
Navone
On the other side, Mariano wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Shelton and Navone is 1-0 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Arthur Fils – stats
Shelton will face Fils in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Arthur Fils face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Shelton commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Mariano Navone in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Shelton was not done to come back to break Mariano in the 2nd (1-1) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Shelton failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
The American converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Mariano converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 78 points. The American conquered the set after winning 10 more points than Mariano (44-34). The American surrendered 12 points on serve (23-12). On the losing side, the Argentine conceded 21 points on serve (22-21).
Shelton started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Mariano Navone in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was sufficient for Shelton to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Ben was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40). On the other side, Navone wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (1-3 30-40).
They played 41 points. Shelton was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Mariano (23-18). Ben conceded 5 points on serve (17-5). On the other side, the Argentine conceded 6 points on serve (13-6).
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Jack DraperDraper – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-4)
- Arthur FilsFils – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-75 ret.)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-4 6-3)
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-3 6-2)
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