Ben Shelton overcomes Lorenzo Musetti 6-3 3-6 6-4 7-6(5) in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Saturday. Shelton will square off with Gael Monfils in the 4th round. His best result in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 130,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 420,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shelton will add $ 245,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 665,000 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Lorenzo Musetti Australian Open – Melbourne
Shelton’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
7-65
2h:52
After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Musetti is 1-2 for Lorenzo.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Gael Monfils – stats
Shelton will fight against Monfils in the 4th round.
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Gael Monfils since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Shelton was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Lorenzo Musetti in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break resulted decisive for Ben to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Ben converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Lorenzo was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 73 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Shelton won just 3 points more than the Italian (38-35). Ben surrendered 13 points on serve (23-13). on the other side of the net, Musetti conceded 15 points on serve (22-15).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Lorenzo clinched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally conquering the set (6-3).
Lorenzo was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Musetti won barely 1 point more than the American (22-21). The Italian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, Shelton conceded 6 points on serve (18-6).
Similarly to the 2nd set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Ben conquered in the 10th game (6-4) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).
Shelton failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 0.
Shelton was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, Lorenzo was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 59 points. The American conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Musetti (32-27). Ben surrendered 8 points on serve (23-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Lorenzo conceded 9 points on serve (19-9).
Shelton didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Lorenzo Musetti in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for the American to win the set as the Italian succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. Shelton kept his focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.
Tiebreak
Shelton won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Musetti won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (2-3) and 9th (4-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Shelton was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 0-40). In addition on the other side, Lorenzo was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (1-3 15-40).
They contested 60 points. This set was so close that, Shelton won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Shelton surrendered 8 points on serve (19-8). On the losing side, Lorenzo conceded 11 points on serve (22-11).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Taylor FritzFritz (3-6 7-5 7-61 6-4)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-73 7-66 6-1 6-2)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 7-65 6-2)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Marcos GironGiron (6-3 6-4 6-2)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 3-6 6-4 7-65)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (5-7 7-63 6-3 6-3)
- Learner TienTien – Corentin MoutetMoutet (7-610 6-3 6-3)
- Jack DraperDraper – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 2-6 5-7 7-65 7-68)
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Arthur FilsFils (4-6 7-5 6-4 1-0 ret.)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Jakub MensikMensik (3-6 4-6 7-67 6-4 6-2)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tomas MachacMachac (6-1 6-4 6-4)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-2 6-3 6-3)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-60 6-2 6-0)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-2 6-4 6-73 6-2)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-3 6-4 6-4)
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