Tight battle

Shelton defeats Lehecka in Stuttgart

6-7(4) 7-6(14) 7-6(6)

Shelton vs Lehecka — 3-0 across 3 meetings in this archive

Ben Shelton defeated Jiri Lehecka 6-7(4) 7-6(14) 7-6(6) in a three-set contest at Stuttgart on grass. Lehecka took the opening set in a tiebreak, but Shelton leveled in a second-set tiebreak that stretched to 16 points before closing out the match with a third-set tiebreak. The win extended Shelton's head-to-head record against Lehecka to 4-0 across all meetings in ATP records.

Match context

Why this one matters

A win in a match at Stuttgart on grass courts is another data point in the argument Shelton's game keeps making: that first-strike tennis — the serve, the forehand behind it, the forward pressure — holds up week over week, not just on highlight reels.

  • Lost set 1 but won in 3 tiebreaks
  • Set 2 tiebreak went to 16 points
  • Perfect 4-0 H2H vs. Lehecka

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