The second seed Shelton will square off with the fifth seed Cerundolo in the first semi final of the day at the ATP 500 BMW Open in Munich. Francisco and Ben have only faced each other once on the ATP tour. Shelton is up in the head to Head. This is the first match between them on clay.
The American faced The Italian Darderi in the QF and won the match 6-4, 6-3, in one hour and thirteen minutes. The 22 year old Shelton had 28 winners to his 17 unforced errors. Darderi had 12-18. Ben converted three out of six breakpoints. He faced one on his own which he could not save. Shelton won 55% of the points in total and 69% of the points on both of his serves. Ben had a tough encounter with Gojo in the opening round of the BMW Open in Munich. Shelton won 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3). He got the better of Van De Zandschulp in straight sets in the second round.
It took Cerundolo one hour and 15 minutes to take out the Belgian veteran, Goffin. The 26 year old from Argentina was returning well and did not let Goffin into the match. Francisco won 79% of the points on his first serve to 49% for his opponent. He won 50% of the points on his second serve to 38% for Goffin. Cerundolo had 17 winners to his 26 unforced errors. The numbers for Goffin were 7-27. Cerundolo won 60% of the points in the match totally. Francisco squared of with the lucky loser Shevchenko in the second round and won in straight sets. Just as he did against Struff in the opening round of the event in Munich.
The world number 22 has won 20 and lost eight matches on the ATP tour in 2025. Cerundolo. This is his 5th clay event of the season. He started out the year with loss in Auckland, Reached the third round in Melbourne. Cerundolo went on to play in his hometown of Buenos Aires. He got to the final but lost to Fonseca. Francisco got to the QF in Rio De Janeiro and the semi at the Santiago Open in Chile. He had a good run at Indian Wells with a QF spot. Just as he did at the ATP 1000 Miami Masters. He lost to Alcraz last week in the second round of the Rolex Masters in Monte Carlo.
The Word Number 15 has won 13 and lost seven matches on the ATP tour so far this Season. It all started in Auckland with a loss straight away. Just as for his opponent today at the ATP 500 BMW Open in Munich, Fran. Shelton reached the semi at the Australian Open (lost to Sinner). Then he lost in The second round in Dallas and Acapulco. Ben got to the QF in the Calfornian desert at Indian Wells. Shelton lost straight away at the ATP 1000 Masters in Miami. The exact same thing happened In Monte Carlo last week. The only match between Shelton and Cerundolo was played at Indian Wells last year, 2024. Ben won the match 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-5 (5).
