STOCKHOLM. Fantastic Paul grounds Eriksson in the qualifications of the Intrum Stockholm Open

Tommy Paul breezes past Markus Eriksson 6-1 6-1 in the qualifications in Stockholm on Sunday after playing a solid match to face off with Lucas Renard in the qualifications.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Paul took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Eriksson in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The American extended his lead after breaking Markus in the 3^rd (3-0) and in the 7^th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

Eriksson lost the 7^th game (6-1) when he had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.

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

2^nd set.

Tommy won the set after he broke the Swede in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game. That break resulted decisive for Tommy to win the set because he didn’t concede his serve during the rest of the set.

Eriksson had no answers in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Paul scored 54 points vs. Markus’s 27 points.

Tommy was stunning in converting all the break points (5/5). On the other side, Eriksson wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Paul and Eriksson is 1-0 for Tommy.

Next Match: Tommy Paul vs. Lucas Renard – stats

Paul will take on Renard in the qualifications.

There is no head to head record between Tommy Paul and Lucas Renard since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Stockholm

• Gianluca MagerMager – Simon YitbarekYitbarek (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Lucas RenardRenard – Ernests GulbisGulbis (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Oscar OtteOtte – Tommy RobredoRobredo (6-0 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Dennis NovakNovak – Viktor TroickiTroicki (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Yuichi SugitaSugita – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tobias KamkeKamke (7-5 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Markus ErikssonEriksson (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Hyeon ChungChung (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Janko TipsarevicTipsarevic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-0) – See H2H details
• Daniel EvansEvans – Bernard TomicTomic (3-1) – See H2H details
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-0) – See H2H details
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – See H2H details
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – See H2H details
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Oscar OtteOtte (1-0) – See H2H details
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – John MillmanMillman (1-1) – See H2H details
• Gianluca MagerMager – Dennis NovakNovak (0-0) – See H2H details
• Brayden SchnurSchnur – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (0-0) – See H2H details
• Tommy PaulPaul – Lucas RenardRenard (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Yuichi SugitaSugita (0-0) – See H2H details
• Mikael YmerYmer – Joao SousaSousa (0-1) – See H2H details