John Millman survives Tommy Paul 6-75 6-4 7-65 in the quarter in Nur-Sultan on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Millman will face off with Frances Tiafoe in the semifinal.
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Paul won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game, Tommy broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-5.
Tommy failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.
Tiebreak
Tommy won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2), 8th (4-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Millman won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2) and 10th (5-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Tommy was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). The American saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. On the other side, John converted 100% of his break points (2/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 80 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 2 points more than John (41-39). Paul lost 17 points on serve (25-17). on the other side of the net, John conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).
Millman started the set in the best possible way after breaking Paul in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that was not enough for Millman to win the set since the American succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (3-5) game.
Millman failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.
They played 65 points. Millman was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Tommy (37-28). The Australian conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).
Paul took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Millman in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, the Australian was not done to come back to break Tommy in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.
Tiebreak
Millman won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (3-5), 9th (4-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the American won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 3rd (3-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 0-4, 0-5, 1-5, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
They played 91 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Millman won barely 1 point more than Tommy (46-45). John dropped 17 points on serve (25-17). on the other side of the court, Tommy conceded 21 points on serve (28-21).
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:51
At the end of the match, Millman scored 121 points vs. Tommy’s 114.
The Australian was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that he procured (6/10). On the other side, Tommy was pretty good at converting 71% of the break points that he conquered points (5/7). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Millman and Paul is 1-0 for John.
Draw and next match H2H: John Millman vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats
Millman will come up against Tiafoe in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that John Millman and Frances Tiafoe square off. The head to head is 2-2 for Millman and Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played, Tiafoe won 7-66 3-6 1-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in New York back in September 2020.
Tennis Scores in Nur-Sultan
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-65 5-7 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- John MillmanMillman – Tommy PaulPaul (6-75 6-4 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- John MillmanMillman – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H details and stats
