Ben Shelton beats Luciano Darderi 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in Munich on Friday. Shelton will play against Francisco Cerundolo in the semifinal.
Shelton added to his prize money € 65,575 after conquering this match. He has already won € 134,065 until now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Shelton will add € 117,490 to his earnings to get in total € 251,555.
Highlights Ben Shelton vs. Luciano Darderi BMW Open – Munich
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Shelton and Darderi is 1-0 for Ben.
Draw and next match H2H: Ben Shelton vs. Francisco Cerundolo – stats
Shelton will fight against Cerundolo in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Ben Shelton and Francisco Cerundolo fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American conquered in the 10th game (6-4) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
Shelton converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Shelton didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 63 points. Ben was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Darderi (35-28). The American surrendered 8 points on serve (24-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Darderi conceded 11 points on serve (20-11).
Ben conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Ben broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game to conquer the set 6-3
.It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the game count from 1-2 to 5-2.
The American converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Italian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd
game (1-1 30-40).They played 47 points. Shelton was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than the Italian (26-21). The American conceded 9 points on serve (14-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Darderi conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).
Tennis Scores in Munich
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – David GoffinGoffin (6-2 6-4)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-3)
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