Ben Shelton downs Carreno-Busta in the 2nd round at the Australian Open – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

Ben Shelton conquers Pablo Carreno-Busta 6-3 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Shelton will play Lorenzo Musetti in the 3^rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 36 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Melbourne

Shelton's Record

Ben added to his prize money $ 90,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 290,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 130,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 420,000 in total.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Shelton

Carreno-Busta

6-3 6-3 6-7⁴
6-4
2h:36

119

119

Total points

101

101

58

58

Winners

59

59

49%

49%

Ratio Winners

58%

58%

38

38

Unforced

31

31

55%

55%

Ratio Unforced

45%

45%

19/29

19/29

Net Approaches

22/26

22/26

66%

66%

Perc

85%

85%

-- Serve --

17

17

Aces

3

3

4

4

Double Faults

1

1

61%

61%

1st in

68%

68%

85%

85%

1st won

80%

80%

58/68

58/68

1st won

59/74

59/74

70%

70%

2nd won

54%

54%

30/43

30/43

2nd won

19/35

19/35

227

227

Fastest serve

194

194

196

196

AVG 1^st Serve

174

174

166

166

AVG 2^nd Serve

142

142

-- Break Points --

4/5

4/5

Total

0/6

0/6

80%

80%

Won

0%

0%

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At the end of the match, Shelton scored 119 points vs. the Spaniard’s 101.

Shelton

Shelton served extremely well to win 85% of the points (58/68) behind his first serve, and he won 70% points (30/43) on his second serve. The American struck 17 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Ben was pretty focused in converting 80% of the break points that he conquered (4/5).

Carreno-Busta

On the other side, the Spaniard wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Carreno-Busta is 1-0 for Ben.

Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Lorenzo Musetti – stats

Shelton will fight against Musetti in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Ben Shelton and Lorenzo Musetti fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Musetti (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Live score progression and stats

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Shelton snatched in the 6^th game (4-2) before eventually winning the set (6-3).

Ben was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5^th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Pablo wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9^th game (3-5 30-40).

They played 51 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Ben won just 3 points more than the Spaniard (27-24). Ben surrendered 6 points on serve (21-6). On the losing side, Pablo conceded 6 points on serve (18-6).

Shelton won the set after he broke the Spaniard in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

The American failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.

Ben was spot on in converting all his break points in the 5^th (2-2 15-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Carreno-Busta was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4^th game (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 50 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 18 points more than the Spaniard (34-16). Ben lost 5 points on serve (22-5). On the other side, Pablo conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).

The Spaniard won the set after he broke Shelton .

They contested 77 points. Carreno-Busta conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Shelton (43-34). The Spaniard lost 12 points on serve (36-12). In addition, on the other side, Ben conceded 7 points on serve (22-7).

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Ben clinched in the 7^th game (4-3) before eventually winning the set (6-4).

The American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7^th game (3-3 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 43 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Carreno-Busta (25-18). The American was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (20-3). In addition, on the other side, Carreno-Busta conceded 5 points on serve (15-5).

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

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• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-7³ 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-1)
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (7-5 6-3 7-6³)
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (4-6 6-4 7-6³ 6-4)
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Tristan BoyerBoyer (6-2 6-4 6-3)
• Ben SheltonShelton – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-3 6-3 6-7⁴ 6-4)
• Marcos GironGiron – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-5 3-6 7-5 3-6 6-4)
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-6³ 7-6⁶ 6-2)
• Holger RuneRune – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-6³ 2-6 6-3 7-6⁶)
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – James McCabeMcCabe (7-5 6-3 7-6⁴)
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• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Gabriel DialloDiallo (7-6⁴ 4-6 6-3 6-3)
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-0 6-1 6-4)
• Jack DraperDraper – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-7³ 6-3 3-6 7-5 6-3)
• Tommy PaulPaul – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-7³ 6-0 6-3 6-1)
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 3-6 2-6 6-3 7-5)
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-7⁷ 6-7⁵ 6-4 6-1 6-3)
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• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-2 7-5)
• Arthur FilsFils – Quentin HalysHalys (6-2 4-6 7-6² 7-5)
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-3 6-2 6-4)
• Jakub MensikMensik – Casper RuudRuud (6-2 3-6 6-1 6-4)
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• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Hady HabibHabib (6-3 6-4 6-4)
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