ACAPULCO RESULTS. Isner bests Paul in the quarter

ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL - ACAPULCO RESULTS. Isner aces Paul to square off with Taylor Harry Fritz in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head John Isner vs. Tommy Paul

John Isner downs Tommy Paul 7-63 3-6 6-2 in the quarter in Acapulco on Thursday. Isner will seek to keep on going in this event against Taylor Harry Fritz in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Isner won the breaker at 3.

2nd set.

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Paul conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

3rd set.

John in this set stepped up in great fashion to overplay Paul and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Paul in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Paul was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Isner scored 95 points vs. Paul’s 84 points.

Isner served very well to win 82% of the points (49/60) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (10/20) on his second serve. John blasted 22 aces and he committed 4 double faults. John won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (2/5). On the other side, Tommy had some problems converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Isner and Paul is 2-0 for John.

Isner’s Interview

Next Match H2H: John Isner vs. Taylor Harry Fritz – stats

Isner will square off with Harry Fritz in the semifinal.

This will be the 4th time that John Isner and Taylor Harry Fritz face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Isner (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Isner won 6-4 7-63 6-3 in the 1st round in Wimbledon back in 2017.

Tennis Scores in Acapulco

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