Ben Shelton vs Roberto Bautista-Agut Prediction & Picks - ATP US Open

Prediction published on 8/28/24, 8:19 AM  by Tyler Doty | Modified on 8/28/24 at 8:23 AM in ATP US Open Picks

The New York crowd will be cheering on American local Ben Shelton in the second round of the US Open Grand Slam against Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut. Ben Shelton, seeded 13th, ended the Grand Slam career of Austria's Dominic Thiem, winning their duel in just 3 sets in the first round. Semi-finalist at the Washington tournament at the beginning of August, the American also had a successful campaign in Cincinnati, where he was quarter-finalist against world number 4 Alexander Zverev, against whom he won the first set. Competing in this Grand Slam for the 3rd time, Ben Shelton is already familiar with the US Open, having reached the semi-finals last year against the winner Novak Djokovic. 

Meanwhile, Roberto Bautista-Agut is taking part in this Grand Slam for the 11th time in his career. Stopped in the first round last year, the Spaniard never got beyond the last eight in the 2015 season. This summer, the Spaniard was unable to string together 2 consecutive victories on the hard surface, as he was stopped in the first round in Washington by Denis Shapovalov, ranked 105th in the world, then in Montreal by Holger Rune, ranked 15th in the world, and finally in the qualifying round in Cincinnati by Arthur Cazaux, ranked 91st in the world.