Tommy Paul demolishes Ji Sung Nam 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Delray Beach on Thursday after playing a great match to face off with Sebastian Korda in the 2nd round.
Live score progression and stats
Paul started the set in the best possible way after breaking Sung Nam in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Tommy managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Korean in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Paul was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Paul didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 40 points. The American won 12 points more than Sung Nam (26-14). The American lost 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the court, the Korean conceded 10 points on serve (9-10).
Paul enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Sung Nam in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, there was more work to do for Tommy to win the set because Ji succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) game.
Paul converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Ji converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 70 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the Korean (38-32). The American dropped 15 points on serve (23-15). On the other side, the Korean conceded 15 points on serve (17-15).
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Paul scored 64 points vs. Ji’s 46.
The American was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6). On the other side, Ji had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Paul and Sung Nam is 1-0 for Tommy.
Highlights Tommy Paul vs. Ji Sung Nam Delray Beach Open – Delray Beach
Draw and next match H2H: Tommy Paul vs. Sebastian Korda – stats
Paul will square off with Korda in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Tommy Paul and Sebastian Korda since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Delray Beach
- Tommy PaulPaul – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (3-6 6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Thomaz BellucciBellucci (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Jc AragoneAragone (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tommy PaulPaul – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Donald YoungYoung (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Christian HarrisonHarrison (0-0) – H2H details and stats