Let’s see if presses to try break Shelton in these later games. Feel like Shelton will be a handful for him in tie break But overall I agree. Paul has a lot more to his game
And like that Shelton answers with a good variety of shots to hold serve. This will be a war of attrition.
Ranking watch for Mens in this Match Tommy Paul has matched his Career High at 28 right now. A win puts him at 18. Shelton obviously a career high at 43. A win puts him at 33. Which would be PERFECT for him to crack the Top 32 and be a seed in the last 3 majors
As much as I’d be happy for him I don’t know if that’s good for him in the intermediate term. Those types of expectations could be a lot to deal with. I’m a broken record but his draw was about as good as it gets. Can be easy for a young player to confuse their ranking with actual ability. Let’s just get him in next Gen finals this year And Paul’s backhand has been great
And not overly exerting himself. I think he’d be happy with a short match but isn’t worried about going long either.
Last match against Wolf, after losing the tiebreakers I kept thinking Shelton might start feeling the pressure and he never did. Im curious to see how he does in the first couple games here
I think the biggest hurdle will be Tommy’s consistency. 6 unforced errors in the first set… that’s leaving a slim margin
the MAN doesn't want you to have 138 game sets anymore ps that's the only tennis score I remember from memory because how upset I was at the time that we didn't get 69-69
nothing yet, I don't bet this early usually. Paul 3-0 is tempting me at -120 rn though. What do you have?
Im going to bed if Shelton breaks here for being fucking stupid and not betting him to break after Paul missed a break point
The vet experience shined through there. Giving me nightmares of Tsitsipas last night whenever Lehecka sniffed a break
THERE IT IS! Got what I was waiting for Paul, Tommy +299 2nd set game 6 - winner paul, tommy vs shelton, ben LIVE Risk $1,000.00 Win $2,990.00
Small shot on Paul -6.5 games +250. If Shelton doesn’t recover there could be more breaks on the horizon.
That was more on Shelton that service game, he was just going big serves and if he hit them great, if not go to the next set. Just so happened he hit them
IF Shelton gets a look at break point and misses or if it gets to deuce and Paul holds, bet Shelton to get broken the next game
Yes. He is exhausted. Paul is looking more tired too, but I think he’s got the mentality to not let it affect him too much.
If you want a small good odds bet in Challenger tomorrow, Gauthier Onclin +350 in Ottognies-Louvain-la-Neuve Playing Ugo Humbert who lost to Rune 5 days ago. Going from Australia to Belgium to play a Challenger, his readiness and care factor will not be big. Onclin nothing great but a 21 year old at a hometown tournament, he going to be ready to go
Hats off to Ben Shelton for his first time ever outside of the USA. Going to be a great stepping stone for him