TENNIS SCORES. Paul wins against Peniston in the 2nd round in the Cary Challenger

Tommy Paul dispatches Ryan Peniston 6-4 7-6³ in the 2^nd round in Cary Challenger on Wednesday. Paul will fight against Brandon Nakashima in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Paul had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Peniston in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Tommy to win the set as Peniston managed to break back in the 8^th (3-5) game.

A crucial moment of the match was when Paul won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

2^nd set.

Paul conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Peniston in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, there was more work to do for the American to win the set because the Brit managed to break back in the 10^th (5-5) game. Paul kept his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 3.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the American scored 80 points vs. the Brit’s 71 points.

The American served very well to win 75% of the points (27/36) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (17/32) on his second serve. Tommy won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, Peniston had some problems in converting his break points because he converted only 40% of his break points (2/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Paul and Peniston is 1-0.

Next Match: Tommy Paul vs. Brandon Nakashima – stats

Paul will take on Nakashima in the 3^rd round.

There is no head to head record between Tommy Paul and Brandon Nakashima since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Cary Challenger

• Jc AragoneAragone – Peter PolanskyPolansky (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel NguyenNguyen – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Ulises BlanchBlanch – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Ben PataelPatael – Marcos GironGiron (2-6 7-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Andreas SeppiSeppi – Liam BroadyBroady (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Martin RedlickiRedlicki (6-4 6-7⁹ 6-2) – See score progression
• Noah RubinRubin – Evan SongSong (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Kevin KingKing (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Filip PeliwoPeliwo – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (1-6 7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Michael MmohMmoh – Alexander SarkissianSarkissian (5-7 7-6⁴ 6-0) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Liam CaruanaCaruana (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Donald YoungYoung – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Michael RedlickiRedlicki (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Andreas SeppiSeppi – John-Patrick SmithSmith (1-0) – See H2H details
• Donald YoungYoung – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (0-0) – See H2H details
• Daniel NguyenNguyen – Jc AragoneAragone (0-0) – See H2H details
• Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (0-0) – See H2H details
• Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Michael MmohMmoh (0-0) – See H2H details
• Noah RubinRubin – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – See H2H details
• Ulises BlanchBlanch – Ben PataelPatael (0-0) – See H2H details
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – See H2H details