Dino Prizmic will try to keep his Madrid run alive on April 24, 2026, when he faces Ben Shelton in the ATP Masters 1000 Madrid second round. It is their first meeting, and the bookies have Prizmic as the slight underdog.
Prizmic earned the chance by qualifying for the main draw and then upsetting Matteo Berrettini in straight sets in the opening round, dominating on serve and facing only one breakpoint. That kind of control has helped the prizmic name surface again in a field where Shelton arrives after a busy stretch of his own. Shelton won the title in Munich last week by beating Flavio Cobolli in straight sets, pushing his winning streak to five matches.
The timing matters because Shelton has had little rest, while Prizmic has won four of his last five matches and was described as thriving on clay courts. Shelton, for all his recent form, has never made it past the third round in Madrid, leaving this matchup as a test of whether his momentum travels well to a surface that can blunt power and reward patience.
For Prizmic, the opening is obvious. He has already shown he can settle quickly under pressure in Madrid. For Shelton, the question is whether a title in Munich and a short turnaround can carry him through a first meeting with a clay-court opponent who has been making every serve count.
