Arthur Cazaux surprises Shelton in the 2nd round at the Rolex Paris Masters – PARIS RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

ROLEX PARIS MASTERS - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Cazaux shocks Shelton

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction-and-head-to-head-Arthur-Cazaux-vs-Ben-Shelton

Arthur Cazaux upsets Ben Shelton 6-3 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Paris on Wednesday. Cazaux will clash against Holger Rune in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the qualifications in 2020 and 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Cazaux
Paris
Cazaux's Record

Arthur added to his prize money € 37,130 after winning this match. He has already won € 80,065 after this win. If he wins the next match, Cazaux will add € 69,620 to his earnings to get in total € 149,685 in total.

Highlights Arthur Cazaux vs. Ben Shelton Rolex Paris Masters – Paris

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Cazaux
Shelton
Arthur Cazaux
6-3 7-64
1h:21
Ben Shelton
63
63
Total points
51
51
36
36
Winners
33
33
57%
57%
Ratio Winners
65%
65%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
5
5
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
67%
67%
1st in
76%
76%
90%
90%
1st won
80%
80%
36/40
36/40
1st won
33/41
33/41
70%
70%
2nd won
62%
62%
14/20
14/20
2nd won
8/13
8/13
-- Break Points --
1/1
1/1
Total
0/1
0/1
100%
100%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Arthur scored 63 points vs. Shelton’s 51.

Cazaux

Cazaux served exceptionally well to win 90% of the points (36/40) behind his first serve, and he won 70% points (14/20) on his second serve. Cazaux was fantastic in converting the only break point that he conquered.

Shelton

On the other side, Ben wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Cazaux and Shelton is 1-0 for Arthur.

Draw and next match H2H: Arthur Cazaux vs. Holger Rune – stats

Cazaux will fight against Rune in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Arthur Cazaux and Holger Rune fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cazaux (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Cazaux won 7-64 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in Australian open back in January 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Cazaux 6-3
CazauxShelton
6
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
CazauxShelton
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
CazauxShelton
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
CazauxShelton
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
CazauxShelton
4
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
CazauxShelton
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
CazauxShelton
3
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
CazauxShelton
3
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
CazauxShelton
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
CazauxShelton
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

Cazaux enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Ben Shelton in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Arthur to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.

Cazaux was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 40-A). On the other side, Arthur didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 47 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Shelton (26-21). The French player was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (20-2). On the other side, the American conceded 6 points on serve (19-6).

2nd Set -
Cazaux 7-6
CazauxShelton
7
6
S
0
1
C
0
2
C
1
2
S
2
2
S
2
3
C
2
4
C
3
4
S
4
4
S
5
4
C
6
4
C
7
4
CazauxShelton
6
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
CazauxShelton
5
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
CazauxShelton
5
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
CazauxShelton
4
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
CazauxShelton
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
CazauxShelton
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
CazauxShelton
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
CazauxShelton
2
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
CazauxShelton
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
CazauxShelton
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
CazauxShelton
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, the French player won the tiebreak at 7-4.

Tiebreak

Arthur won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Ben won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 6th (4-2) point.

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

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 12th game (6-5 30-40).

They contested 67 points. The French player was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Ben (37-30). The French player conceded 8 points on serve (30-8). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 7 points on serve (22-7).

1st
Cazaux
Shelton
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Cazaux
Shelton
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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