
Carlos Alcaraz dispatches Ben Shelton 7-6(8) 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the 4th round in Paris on Sunday. Alcaraz will clash against Tommy Paul in the quarter. The battle lasted 3 hours and 19 minutes. The Spaniard won this tournament once in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Spaniard added to his prize money € 175,000 after winning this match. He has already won € 440,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Carlos will add € 250,000 to his earnings to get in total € 690,000 in total.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Ben Shelton French Open – Paris
Alcaraz’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 140 points vs. the American’s 131.
Alcaraz
The Spaniard won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Shelton
On the other side, Ben was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 22% – 2/9). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz and Shelton is 3-0 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Tommy Paul – stats
Alcaraz will compete against Paul in the quarter.
This will be the 7th time that Carlos Alcaraz and Tommy Paul square off. The head to head is 4-2 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, the Spaniard won a thrilling breaker 10-8 after a huge fight with 18 points played.
Tiebreak
The Spaniard won 4 minibreaks in the 9th (4-5), 12th (6-6), 17th (9-8) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, Shelton won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 10th (6-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
The Spaniard wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-3 30-40). Alcaraz saved 5 set points when he was 3-5, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6 and 6-7 down. On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 88 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than the American (46-42). The Spaniard surrendered 11 points on serve (32-11). on the other side of the net, Shelton conceded 14 points on serve (31-14).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Alcaraz snatched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Shelton was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Alcaraz converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 61 points. Alcaraz conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Ben (34-27). The Spaniard lost 14 points on serve (27-14). on the other side of the net, Ben conceded 7 points on serve (13-7).
Shelton won the set after he broke Alcaraz in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Carlos tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Yet, the American maintained the focus to win the set 6-4.
Ben was flawless in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Spaniard was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A).
They contested 61 points. Shelton was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Carlos (33-28). The American lost 12 points on serve (21-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Alcaraz conceded 12 points on serve (16-12).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Carlos snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The Spaniard converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Carlos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 61 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Alcaraz won just 3 more points than the American (32-29). The Spaniard conceded 9 points on serve (20-9). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).
Tennis Scores at the French Open
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Holger RuneRune (7-5 3-6 6-3 6-2)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 6-3 6-3)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 6-4 7-64)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Ben SheltonShelton (7-68 6-3 4-6 6-4)
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