Sebastian Korda defeats Tommy Paul 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in Romagna Open on Friday in what was an all-American affair. Korda will square off with Marco Cecchinato in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes.
Korda added to his prize money € 9,730 after conquering this match. He has won already € 33,760 after this win. If he wins the next match, Sebastian will add € 13,320 to his earnings to get in total € 47,080 in total.
Highlights Sebastian Korda vs. Tommy Paul Emilia-Romagna Open – Parma
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:22
At the end of the match, Korda scored 66 points vs. Tommy’s 48.
Korda
Sebastian served very well to win 76% of the points (35/46) behind his first serve. However he won only 39% points (7/18) on his second serve. Sebastian was effective at converting 80% of the break points that he conquered (4/5).
Paul
On the other side, Paul wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 11% – 1/9). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Korda and Paul is 2-0 for Sebastian.
Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Korda vs. Marco Cecchinato – stats
Korda will take on Cecchinato in the final.
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Korda and Marco Cecchinato since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Sebastian snatched in the 8th game (5-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Korda was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Cecchinato in the 1st game (1-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Sebastian to win the set since Tommy succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Sebastian maintained his cool to break Paul in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Tommy was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Sebastian converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Tommy converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd game (0-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 50 points. Sebastian conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Tommy (31-19). Sebastian dropped 6 points on serve (14-6). On the losing side, Tommy conceded 17 points on serve (13-17).
Tennis Scores in Parma
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (7-62 1-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Tommy PaulPaul (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-0) – H2H details and stats
