Paul bests Kukushkin in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Paul bests Kukushkin to fight against Miomir Kecmanovic in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Mikhail Kukushkin

Tommy Paul gets by Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday. Paul will seek to keep on going in this event against Miomir Kecmanovic in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Paul
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Paul's Record

Tommy added to his prize money $ 50,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 140,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 40,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 180,000 in total.

Highlights Tommy Paul vs. Mikhail Kukushkin Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Paul
Kukushkin
Tommy Paul
6-3 6-4 6-2
1h:39
Mikhail Kukushkin
93
93
Total points
70
70
42
42
Winners
33
33
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
31
31
Unforced
35
35
47%
47%
Ratio Unforced
53%
53%
18/27
18/27
Net Approaches
9/14
9/14
67%
67%
Perc
64%
64%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
3
3
5
5
Double Faults
2
2
60%
60%
1st in
71%
71%
84%
84%
1st won
59%
59%
42/50
42/50
1st won
33/56
33/56
50%
50%
2nd won
52%
52%
17/34
17/34
2nd won
12/23
12/23
217
217
Fastest serve
194
194
186
186
AVG 1st Serve
176
176
147
147
AVG 2nd Serve
142
142
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
1/3
1/3
50%
50%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 93 points vs. Mikhail’s 70.

Paul

Tommy served extremely well to win 84% of the points (42/50) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (17/34) on his second serve. Paul was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (5/10).

Kukushkin

On the other side, Mikhail wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Tommy Paul vs. Miomir Kecmanovic – stats

Paul will compete against Kecmanovic in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Tommy Paul and Miomir Kecmanovic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kecmanovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

Tommy Paul Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Tommy won the set after he broke Mikhail in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game. Kukushkin tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (5-2) game. Notwithstanding, Paul kept the focus to conquer the set 6-3.

The American failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Paul won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.

Paul converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Mikhail converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 55 points. Paul conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the Kazakhstani (32-23). Tommy lost 9 points on serve (18-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the Kazakhstani conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).

2nd Set -
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There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Paul grabbed in the 7th game (4-3) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-4).

Paul converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 66 points. Paul conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Mikhail (36-30). Tommy dropped 10 points on serve (24-10). On the other side, Mikhail conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).

3rd Set -
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Paul started the set strong after breaking Mikhail Kukushkin in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Paul reinforced his lead after breaking the Kazakhstani in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

A crucial moment of this set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

The American converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 42 points. Paul was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Mikhail (25-17). The American conceded 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the court, Kukushkin conceded 8 points on serve (11-8).

 

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