Ben Shelton prevails over Brandon Nakashima 7-6(6) 6-1 in the 4th round in Indian Wells on Wednesday in what was an all-American match. Shelton will play Jack Draper in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 4th round in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
Shelton added to his prize money $ 91,750 after winning this match. He has already won $ 202,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shelton will add $ 152,850 to his earnings to get in total $ 354,850 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Brandon Nakashima BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:34
At the end of the match, Shelton scored 70 points vs. Brandon’s 53.
Shelton
Shelton was pretty good at converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5).
Nakashima
On the other side, Brandon had some problems converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Nakashima is 4-0 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Jack Draper – stats
Shelton will square off with Draper in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Jack Draper since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Ben won the set after he broke Brandon in the 5th (3-2) game. Brandon tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Yet, Shelton didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 7-6.
Shelton converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 0-40). Also, on the other side, Nakashima converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 89 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Shelton won just 3 points more than Brandon (46-43). Ben dropped 21 points on serve (33-21). On the losing side, Brandon conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).
Shelton had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Brandon Nakashima in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Shelton managed to boost his lead after breaking Brandon in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
An important stage of this set was when Ben won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Ben was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, Shelton didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 34 points. Shelton won 12 points more than Nakashima (23-11). Shelton was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (12-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Brandon conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Ben SheltonShelton – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-66 6-1)
- Jack DraperDraper – Taylor FritzFritz (7-5 6-4)
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (7-5 6-3)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-1 6-1)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Tommy PaulPaul (6-4 6-0)
- Arthur FilsFils – Marcos GironGiron (6-2 2-6 6-3)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (7-64 6-1)
- Holger RuneRune – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-4)
Upcoming matches
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- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-1) – H2H details and stats
