Alex De Minaur victorious over Tommy Paul 7-6(2) 6-4 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells on Tuesday. De Minaur will clash against Taylor Harry Fritz in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
De Minaur added to his prize money $ 40,175 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 94,575 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add $ 85,365 to his earnings to get in total $ 179,940 in total.
Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Tommy Paul BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:49
At the end of the match, De Minaur scored 82 points vs. the American’s 73.
De Minaur
Alex won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.
Paul
On the other side, the American had a tough time converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between De Minaur and Paul is 1-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Taylor Harry Fritz – stats
De Minaur will fight against Harry Fritz in the 4th round.
This will be the 6th time that Alex De Minaur and Taylor Harry Fritz fight against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Alex won the set after he broke the American in the 6th (4-2) game. Tommy tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nonetheless, the Australian kept the situation under control to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 2.
Tiebreak
De Minaur won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (6-0) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the American won a minibreak in the 8th (2-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 6-1, 6-2, 7-2
Alex converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Tommy converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A and 40-A).
They played 93 points. It’s worth to point out that, Alex won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Tommy (46-47). The Australian lost 23 points on serve (35-23). On the other side, Paul conceded 11 points on serve (24-11).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Australian clinched in the 7th game (4-3) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).
The Australian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, De Minaur didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 62 points. The Australian was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the American (35-27). De Minaur was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). On the other side, Paul conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Andrey RublevRublev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Tommy PaulPaul (7-62 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Steve JohnsonJohnson (7-67 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 2-6 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- John IsnerIsner – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Alexander BublikBublik (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-63 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-74 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Daniel EvansEvans (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (3-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Benjamin BonziBonzi (7-65 3-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Casper RuudRuud (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (4-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Rafael NadalNadal – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- John IsnerIsner – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (1-3) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (0-0) – H2H details and stats
