Tommy Paul survives Taylor Fritz 6-3 6-7(2) 7-6(2) in the semifinal in Acapulco on Friday after conquering a huge battle in what was an all-American contest. Paul will face Holger Rune or Alex De Minaur in the final. The epic lasted 3 hours and 25 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reach the quarter in 2020 and 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Tommy added to his prize money $ 94,640 after winning this match. He has already won $ 202,640 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tommy will add $ 173,980 to his earnings to get in total $ 376,620 in total.
Highlights Tommy Paul vs. Taylor Fritz Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Paul won this match even if he scored less points than Fritz (130 vs. 131).
Paul
Tommy won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 29% (4/14) of the procured opportunities.
Fritz
On the other side, Taylor was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 23% – 3/13). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Paul and Fritz is 4-3 for Tommy.
Draw and next match H2H: Tommy Paul vs. Holger Rune or Alex De Minaur – stats
Paul will play either Holger Rune or Alex De Minaur in the final. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Holger Rune and 0-3 vs. Alex De Minaur.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Paul grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
Paul converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Fritz was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 66 points. This set was so close that, Tommy won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Paul dropped 11 points on serve (22-11). On the losing side, Taylor conceded 11 points on serve (22-11).
Fritz won the set after he broke Tommy in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Paul tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Notwithstanding, Fritz maintained the focus to conquer the set 7-6.
Fritz was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40), the 10th (4-5 40-A) and the 14th game (7-5 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Paul was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A).
They played 89 points. Fritz was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Tommy (48-41). Fritz dropped 13 points on serve (17-13). on the other side of the court, Paul conceded 31 points on serve (28-31).
Paul enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Taylor Fritz in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was the key and it was sufficient for Tommy to win the set (7-6) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Tiebreak
Tommy won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0) and 9th (7-2) point.
Tommy won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Tommy converted 12% of his break points (1/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Fritz was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (3-1 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 108 points. Tommy won 6 more points than Fritz (57-51). Paul lost 20 points on serve (38-20). on the other side of the net, Taylor conceded 19 points on serve (31-19).
Tennis Scores in Acapulco
- Tommy PaulPaul – Taylor FritzFritz (6-3 6-72 7-62) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (2-0) – H2H details and stats