James Duckworth vs Ben Shelton Prediction & Picks - ATP Stuttgart Open

Prediction published on 6/12/24, 1:42 PM  by Edgar Jibran | Modified on 6/12/24 at 9:44 PM in Tennis Picks

The last match of the round of 16 in the ATP 250 in Stuttgart corresponds to the confrontation between James Duckworth and Ben Shelton, players that currently have an abysmal difference on their ATP rankings, and even when that explains Shelton’s favoritism, the American shouldn’t be overconfident on his first match of the grass season.

When looking at James Duckworth’s recent performance, the Australian has already played 5 matches on grass, but that couldn’t be taken as an advantage for this game as any of his opponents had a significative competitive level. Additionally, it’s important to remark that Duckworth has been focusing on hard surface since April, so he could be more prepared than Shelton to play on a fast surface like grass.

With that in mind, Ben Shelton must be careful to avoid having a disappointing performance like the one he displayed during his most recent clay court tournaments, where he couldn’t get even close to final instances at Roland Garros and the Masters 1000 in Rome and Madrid. Furthermore, Shelton suffered a lot to defeat Hugo Gaston at Roland Garros, a player whose performance could be compared to Duckworth.