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Created: 2025-07-24 10:27:48 UTC

ATP Washington

Shelton B. - Diallo G.

🧠 Form & Context
 Ben Shelton
🏡 Home favourite: Debuting in Washington as a top-10 player and defending last year’s semifinal points.
🚀 Rapid rise: Crackling 10–7 on hard in 2025 with a lefty serve and forehand that can overpower opponents.
🎢 Consistency quest: Needs to string together deep runs to cement his top-10 status; flashes of brilliance mixed with sporadic lapses.

Gabriel Diallo

🥇 Recent milestones: Claimed his first ATP title in ’s-Hertogenbosch and reached a Masters QF in Madrid.
📈 Steady form: Solid 11–8 on hard courts this year; composed baseline game and improving serve.
🤝 H2H edge: Won their only meeting at the 2022 Fairfield Challenger—but Shelton is on a different trajectory now.

🔍 Match Breakdown

Serve vs. return: Shelton’s wide slice serve challenges Diallo’s backhand, while Diallo’s flat toss and pace can rush Shelton’s closure.

Rally construction: Extended exchanges favor Shelton’s defensive retrieval; Diallo will seek to shorten points with aggressive depth and angles.

Key junctures: Early break chances scarce on this medium-pace court—whoever seizes the first break likely dictates the set.

🔮 Prediction
Shelton’s firepower and home-court energy should carry him through. 



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