Tommy Paul overcomes Casper Ruud 6-2 1-6 6-3 in the quarter in Indian Wells on Thursday. Paul will square off with Daniil Medvedev in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 9 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 4th round in 2021 and 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Tommy added to his prize money $ 140,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 325,000 as of now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Tommy will add $ 260,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 585,000.
Highlights Tommy Paul vs. Casper Ruud BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 92 points vs. the Norwegian’s 88.
Paul
Tommy won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (5/15) of the procured opportunities.
Ruud
On the other side, the Norwegian was struggling when converting his break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Paul and Ruud is 2-4 for Casper.
Draw and next match H2H: Tommy Paul vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Paul will fight against Medvedev in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Tommy Paul and Daniil Medvedev face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Paul was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Casper Ruud in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the American to win the set because Casper managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. The American maintained his focus to break Ruud in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
An important stage of this set was when Tommy won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Paul converted 37% of his break points (3/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Ruud converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 40-A).
They contested 70 points. The American conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Ruud (38-32). Paul lost 12 points on serve (17-12). On the losing side, Casper conceded 21 points on serve (20-21).
Paul got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Ruud managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Paul in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Paul was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-1 to 6-1.
Casper was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the American was perfect in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 40-A) and the 7th game (1-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 52 points. Casper was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the American (29-23). The Norwegian conceded 12 points on serve (19-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Paul conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
Paul won the set after he broke the Norwegian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Ruud tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Notwithstanding, Paul didn’t blink to win the set 6-3.
Paul converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Casper converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 58 points. Paul was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than the Norwegian (31-27). Paul surrendered 15 points on serve (21-15). On the losing side, Casper conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Tommy PaulPaul – Casper RuudRuud (6-2 1-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Holger RuneRune (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz () – Stats and score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Jannik SinnerSinner () – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Tommy PaulPaul – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (4-3) – H2H details and stats