Ben Shelton ousts Corentin Moutet 6-3 6-7(8) 6-3 in the 1st round in Paris on Tuesday. Shelton will square off with Arthur Cazaux in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Ben added to his prize money € 19,150 after winning this match. He has already won € 42,935 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ben will add € 37,130 to his earnings to get in total € 80,065 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Corentin Moutet Rolex Paris Masters – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Shelton scored 109 points vs. the French player’s 93.
Shelton
Shelton served extremely well to win 78% of the points (56/72) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (16/24) on his second serve. The American won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Moutet
On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Moutet is 1-0 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Arthur Cazaux – stats
Shelton will come up against Cazaux in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Arthur Cazaux since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Shelton conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Shelton converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Ben didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 60 points. Shelton won 8 more points than Corentin (34-26). Shelton was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). On the other side, Moutet conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).
The French player won the set after he broke the American .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They contested 87 points. It’s worth to point out that, The French player won this set even if he scored less points 9 than Shelton (39-48). The French player conceded 11 points on serve (22-11). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 17 points on serve (37-17).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Ben conquered in the 8th game (5-3) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
Ben converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3
break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Corentin was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 30-40 and 40-A).They contested 55 points. The contest during this set was so even that Ben won only 1 point more than the French player (28-27). Shelton surrendered 9 points on serve (18-9). On the losing side, Corentin conceded 10 points on serve (18-10).
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