Nick Kyrgios stuns Tommy Paul 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Houston on Wednesday. Kyrgios will fight against Michael Mmoh in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.
Kyrgios added to his prize money $ 7,545 after winning this match. He has won already $ 17,985 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nick will add $ 13,050 to his earnings to get in total $ 31,035 in total.
Highlights Nick Kyrgios vs. Tommy Paul US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 64 points vs. Tommy’s 47.
Kyrgios
Kyrgios served extremely well to win 88% of the points (30/34) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (9/18) on his second serve. Nick fired 10 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Kyrgios won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Paul
On the other side, Paul wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Kyrgios and Paul is 1-0 for Nick.
Draw and next match H2H: Nick Kyrgios vs. Michael Mmoh – stats
Kyrgios will come up against Mmoh in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Nick Kyrgios and Michael Mmoh since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Kyrgios grabbed in the 5th
game (3-2) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-4).Kyrgios converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Paul was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 63 points. The Australian won 7 more points than Tommy (35-28
). Nick conceded 5 points on serve (21-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Tommy conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).Kyrgios conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Tommy Paul in the 1st game (1-0). Kyrgios managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Tommy in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
They played 48 points. Kyrgios conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Paul (30-18). The Australian dropped 7 points on serve (19-7). on the other side of the court, Tommy conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
Tennis Scores in Houston
- Cristian GarinGarin – Jordan ThompsonThompson (3-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (3-6 6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Jeff WolfWolf (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Tommy PaulPaul (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – John IsnerIsner (6-4) – H2H details and stats
- Michael MmohMmoh – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Pablo CuevasCuevas (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H details and stats