21/10/2023
Act. a las 13:47
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The American Ben Shelton He came back from a match that had been almost impossible for him against his compatriot Marcos Giron and qualified for the final of the Tokyo tournament, which he will play with the Russian Aslán Karatsevwhich in turn stopped the local revelation, Shintaro Mochizuki, in its tracks.
The first final on the circuit for Shelton It came after being completely lost. With 7-6 and 5-2 in favorGiron served to end the match and in fact was four times short of two points to do so, but his rival saved the situation and changed tactics radically: the exchange from the back of the court was not going to lead him to the final.
Risk taking paid off. Ben Shelton, 19th in the world, chose to play as much as possible at the net and put pressure on Giron, who lost the set. In the final, a break in the seventh game put Shelton ahead until the conclusion. His thirteenth direct serve gave him a place in the final.
The support of the public and the winning inertia in Tokyo of Mochizuki, 215 in the world, were not enough against Karatsev in the other semifinal. The Russian did not fall into Tomás’ excess of confidence EtcheverryTaylor Fritz Alexei Popyrinthe Japanese’s victims in the previous rounds, and won 6-3 and 6-4.
Without titles this season, the North Ossetian Karatsev will try to add the fourth of his career this Sunday. The only time he has faced Ben Shelton, at the last US Open, he lost in four sets in the thirty-second round.
2023-10-21 11:46:41
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