Ben Shelton too good for Mariano Navone 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells on Saturday after playing a tremendous match to play Karen Khachanov in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the 4th round in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.

Indian Wells
Shelton's Record

The American added to his prize money $ 26,850 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 64,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shelton will add $ 45,750 to his earnings to get in total $ 110,250 in total.

Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Mariano Navone BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Shelton
Navone
6-3 6-2
1h:17
57
57
Total points
45
45
28
28
Winners
18
18
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
63%
63%
1st in
65%
65%
80%
80%
1st won
60%
60%
28/35
28/35
1st won
18/30
18/30
48%
48%
2nd won
56%
56%
10/21
10/21
2nd won
9/16
9/16
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
0/0
0/0
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Ben scored 57 points vs. the Argentine’s 45.

Shelton

The American served pretty well to win 80% of the points (28/35) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 48% points (10/21) on his second serve. Ben was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).

Navone

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

After this encounter, the head to head between Shelton and Navone is 2-0 for Ben.

Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Karen Khachanov – stats

Shelton will fight against Khachanov in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Karen Khachanov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Shelton HTML
SheltonNavone
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S
0
0
N
0
0

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Shelton grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) just 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, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 61 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Shelton won barely 1 point more than Mariano (31-30). Ben dropped 11 points on serve (21-11). On the other side, the Argentine conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).

2nd Set -
Shelton Not
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0
0
0
0

The American in this set didn’t concede much to Navone and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Navone in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

The Argentine was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.

The American converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Shelton didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 41 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Mariano (26-15). The American surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the court, Mariano conceded 9 points on serve (8-9).

1st
Shelton
Navone
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Shelton
Navone
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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  • Jack DraperDraper – Joao FonsecaFonseca (6-4 6-0)
  • Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-4 6-2)
  • Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Adam WaltonWalton (6-3 6-2)
  • Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Rinky HijikataHijikata (7-5 6-1)
  • Taylor FritzFritz – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-3 7-5)
  • Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Jakub MensikMensik (3-6 6-0 6-3)
  • Ben SheltonShelton – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-3 6-2)
  • Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 7-5)
  • Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (4-6 7-63 6-1)
  • Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – David GoffinGoffin (6-2 6-2)
  • Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Hugo GastonGaston (7-5 6-3)
  • Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 6-4)
  • Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-2)
  • Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 7-5)
  • Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 ret.)
  • Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-64 7-67)
  • Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-2 6-4)
  • Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Colton SmithSmith (6-3 6-4)
  • Marcos GironGiron – Casper RuudRuud (7-64 3-6 6-2)
  • Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Tomas MachacMachac (4-6 4-2 ret.)
  • Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Zizou BergsBergs (7-64 7-5)
  • Holger RuneRune – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-2 6-4)
  • Cameron NorrieNorrie – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (3-6 6-4 7-5)
  • Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-5 5-7 6-2)
  • Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Alexander ZverevZverev (4-6 7-65 7-64)
  • Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-2 6-2)
  • Ugo HumbertHumbert – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-4 6-3)
  • Tommy PaulPaul – Tristan BoyerBoyer (6-3 6-1)
  • Arthur FilsFils – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-2 6-2)
  • Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 7-62)

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