David Goffin stuns Ben Shelton 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Acapulco on Wednesday. Goffin will try to keep the momentum against Brandon Nakashima in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2014 and 2017. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Belgian added to his prize money $ 33,020 after winning this match. He has already won $ 70,830 after this win. If he wins the next match, David will add $ 67,815 to his earnings to get in total $ 138,645 in total.
Highlights David Goffin vs. Ben Shelton Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Belgian scored 73 points vs. Shelton’s 60.
Goffin
The Belgian won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 25% (2/8) of the procured opportunities.
Shelton
On the other side, Ben was great in converting the only break point that he converted. However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Goffin and Shelton is 1-0 for David.
Draw and next match H2H: David Goffin vs. Brandon Nakashima – stats
Goffin will come up against Nakashima in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that David Goffin and Brandon Nakashima clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
David won the set after he broke Shelton .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Also, on the other side, David didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 79 points. Goffin was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Shelton (44-35). David lost 11 points on serve (36-11). On the losing side, the American conceded 8 points on serve (24-8).
Goffin won the set after he broke the American in the 6th
(4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Anyhow, the Belgian refused to give way to win the set 6-3.Goffin converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Shelton was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th
game (2-4 0-40).They played 54 points. David was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Ben (29-25). The Belgian surrendered 7 points on serve (12-7). on the other side of the net, Shelton conceded 17 points on serve (18-17).
Tennis Scores in Acapulco
- Learner TienTien – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 6-4)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (7-63 6-1)
- Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Casper RuudRuud (w/o)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 6-76 6-3)
- David GoffinGoffin – Ben SheltonShelton (7-63 6-3)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Holger RuneRune (3-0 ret.)
- Marcos GironGiron – Tommy PaulPaul (w/o)
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Marcos GironGiron (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – David GoffinGoffin (1-0) – H2H details and stats