Ben Shelton survives Borna Gojo 4-6 7-6(6) 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Munich on Monday after conquering a huge battle. The battle lasted 2 hours and 24 minutes.
Ben added to his prize money € 17,060 after winning this match. He has already won € 36,560 after this win. If he wins the next match, Shelton will add € 31,930 to his earnings to get in total € 68,490 in total.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Borna Gojo BMW Open – Munich
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:24
Ben won this contest even if he scored less points than the Croatian (104 vs. 107).
Shelton
Shelton served extremely well to win 77% of the points (48/62) behind his first serve, and he won 69% points (36/52) on his second serve. Ben wasn’t able to conquer any break point to win the match only at the breakers.
Gojo
On the other side, Gojo had a tough time converting his break points (only 10% – 1/10). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Gojo is 1-0 for Ben.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Croatian grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
Gojo missed the chance to break Ben in the 9th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Gojo was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Shelton was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 59 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Borna won just 3 more points than Shelton (31-28). Gojo conceded 5 points on serve (21-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Ben conceded 10 points on serve (23-10).
Ben won the set after he broke Gojo .
The American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, Gojo was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 80 points. It’s worth to point out that, The American won this set even if he scored less points 6 than Borna (37-43). Shelton surrendered 7 points on serve (23-7). on the other side of the court, Borna conceded 14 points on serve (36-14).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Shelton won the breaker at 7-3.
Tiebreak
Shelton won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Gojo won a minibreak in the 3rd (1-2) point.
Ben won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
They contested 72 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than the Croatian (39-33). Ben dropped 11 points on serve (32-11). On the losing side, Gojo conceded 7 points on serve (22-7).
Tennis Scores in Munich
- Ben SheltonShelton – Borna GojoGojo (4-6 7-66 7-63)
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- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (7-65 7-65)
- David GoffinGoffin – Billy HarrisHarris (6-2 6-72 6-4)
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Marcos GironGiron (6-2 6-72 7-69)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Learner TienTien (6-4 6-2)
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