
Alexander Zverev bests Ben Shelton 7-6(8) 7-6(1) in the semifinal in Stuttgart on Saturday. Zverev will fight against Taylor Fritz in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 1 minute. This will be his best result in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2015 and 2019. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Zverev added to his prize money € 27,490 after winning this match. He has already won € 66,695 after this win. If he wins the next match, Zverev will add € 47,640 to his earnings to get in total € 114,335 in total.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Ben Shelton Boss Open – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Zverev scored 92 points vs. Shelton’s 80.
Zverev
Alexander served exceptionally well to win 86% of the points (50/58) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (10/17) on his second serve. Alexander struck 15 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Alexander wasn’t able to conquer any break point to conquer the match only at the tiebreaks.
Shelton
On the other side, Shelton wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Shelton is 3-0 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Taylor Fritz – stats
Zverev will compete against Fritz in the final.
This will be the 13th time that Alexander Zverev and Taylor Fritz play each other. The head to head is 7-5 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), but Zverev has a winning record of 2-1 on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Zverev won 6-3 7-62 in the 1st round in U.S. Open (juniors) back in 2013.
Live score progression and stats
The German won the set after he broke Shelton .
They contested 97 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the German won just 3 more points than Ben (50-47). The German lost 20 points on serve (38-20). In addition, on the other side, Ben conceded 12 points on serve (27-12).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Zverev had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-1.
Tiebreak
Zverev won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (6-0) and 8th (7-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 6-1, 7-1
The German was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the German didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 75 points. The German conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Shelton (40-35). The German was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (23-3). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 17 points on serve (32-17).
Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Ben SheltonShelton (7-68 7-61)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-4 7-65)
Upcoming matches
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (5-7) – H2H details and stats