Tommy Paul gets by Hubert Hurkacz 7-5 3-6 6-3 in the quarter in Rome on Thursday. Paul will play Stefanos Tsitsipas or Nicolas Jarry in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 43 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2022 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tommy added to his prize money € 122,595 after conquering this match. He has already won € 284,590 until now in this competition. If he wins the next match, the American will add € 227,670 to his earnings to get in total € 512,260.
Highlights Tommy Paul vs. Hubert Hurkacz Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 111 points vs. Hubert’s 103.
Paul
The American didn’t lose the focus when converting 54% of the break points that he conquered (7/13).
Hurkacz
On the other side, Hubert wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 6/18). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Paul and Hurkacz is 2-1 for Tommy.
Draw and next match H2H: Tommy Paul vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas or Nicolas Jarry – stats
Paul will play either Stefanos Tsitsipas or Nicolas Jarry in the semifinal. The head to head is 0-3 vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas and 2-1 vs. Nicolas Jarry.
Live score progression and stats
The American won the set after he broke the Pole 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Hubert tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Nonetheless, Paul stayed solid to win the set 7-5.
Paul converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 10th (5-5 0-40) and the 13th game (7-4 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Hubert converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 86 points. Tommy won 10 more points than Hubert (48-38). Tommy lost 19 points on serve (25-19). On the losing side, Hurkacz conceded 23 points on serve (19-23).
Paul had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Hubert Hurkacz in the 2nd game (2-0). The Pole reinforced his lead after breaking Paul in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Tommy was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Hubert was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 40-A), the 7th (4-3 0-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (2-1 40-A).
They played 56 points. Hurkacz conquered the set after winning 14 points more than Paul (35-21). Hubert dropped 6 points on serve (18-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Paul conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).
Paul was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Hubert Hurkacz in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, that was not enough for Tommy to win the set since Hubert succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (3-2) game. Paul maintained his cool to break the Pole in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
Hubert was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Paul converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). In addition on the other side, Hubert converted 11% of his break points (1/9). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 72 points. Tommy was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Hurkacz (42-30). The American dropped 17 points on serve (24-17). On the other side, the Pole conceded 18 points on serve (13-18).
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Tommy PaulPaul – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-5 3-6 6-3)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Taylor FritzFritz (6-4 6-3)
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Nicolas JarryJarry (2-3) – H2H details and stats