THE TIBURON CHALLENGER. Paul wins against Gomez in the semifinal of the the Tiburon Challenger

TIBURON CHALLENGER. Paul wins against Gomez to face Thanasi Kokkinakis in the final

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Emilio Gomez

Tommy Paul gets by Emilio Gomez 6-1 7-65 in the semifinal in Tiburon Challenger on Saturday. Paul will play against Thanasi Kokkinakis in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Paul didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Gomez in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for Paul to win the set as Emilio succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (1-4) game. Paul kept his focus to break the Ecuadorian in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

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

2nd set.

Gomez was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Paul in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Tommy refused to bow to come back to break the Ecuadorian 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

Paul failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.

A crucial moment of the match was when Paul won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 2-5 to 6-5.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Tommy scored 72 points vs. Emilio’s 50 points.

Paul was pretty effective in converting 60% of the break points that he procured (6/10). On the other side, Gomez had some problems in converting his break points as he converted only 36% of his break points (4/11). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Paul and Gomez is 1-1.

Next Match: Tommy Paul vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis – stats

Paul will compete against Kokkinakis in the final.

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

Tennis Scores in Tiburon Challenger

Upcoming matches

  • Tommy PaulPaul – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – See H2H details