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.
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
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.
Live score progression and stats
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).
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).
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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