Shelton reached the final last year, and now he has lifted the trophy, after beating Italian Flavio Cobolli in straight sets – 6:2, 7:5.
The match lasted an hour and 32 minutes.
In the first set, the American took a 4:0 lead and it was clear that he would not waste the advantage he had gained.
The second set was even, played game by game until 5:5, when Shelton broke his opponent and then served for the triumph.
On his way to his fifth ATP title, the second of the season, Ben, in addition to Cobolli, was better than Emiliano Nava (2:1), Alexander Blok, Joao Fonseca and Alex Molchan.
