🎾 ATP Munich: Gojo vs Shelton

🎾 ATP Munich: Gojo vs Shelton – Match Preview

🧠 Form & Context

🇭🇷 Borna Gojo

• 2025 Record: 6–0 overall (includes qualifying wins)
• Career Clay Record: 119–74
• Recent Wins: Defeated Masur and Shevchenko in Munich qualifying
• Ranking Status: Currently outside Top 400 due to inactivity; peaked inside Top 75
• Strengths: Big serve, heavy forehand, clay familiarity

🇺🇸 Ben Shelton

• 2025 Record: 10–6 overall, 0–1 on clay
• Career Clay Record: 8–14
• Recent Clay Losses: Davidovich Fokina (Monte Carlo), Alcaraz (Madrid 2024)
• Surface Challenge: Still adapting to point construction and defensive movement on clay
• Strengths: Explosive serve, lefty angles, aggressive baseline play

🔍 Match Breakdown

This is a classic clash of raw power vs clay-court rhythm. Gojo has the edge in surface comfort and enters with momentum after strong qualifying wins. His clay instincts and point construction skills are more refined than Shelton’s, especially on slower courts like Munich’s.

Shelton will need to keep points short and dominate with first-serve accuracy. If rallies extend and Gojo controls the tempo with depth and angles, the American could struggle to find traction.

🔮 Prediction

Pick: Upset Alert – Gojo to win in 3 sets

Shelton is still dangerous, but Gojo’s clay experience, rhythm, and confidence make him a very live underdog in this first-round clash.