Alex De Minaur downs Tommy Paul 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the quarter in Eastbourne on Thursday. De Minaur will fight against Taylor Harry Fritz in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes. De Minaur won this tournament once in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
De Minaur added to his prize money € 15,290 after winning this match. He has won already € 36,370 as of now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Alex will add € 25,505 to his earnings to get in total € 61,875.
Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Tommy Paul Viking International – Eastbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, De Minaur scored 97 points vs. the American’s 85.
De Minaur
The Australian won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Paul
On the other side, Tommy was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between De Minaur and Paul is 3-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Taylor Harry Fritz – stats
De Minaur will square off with Harry Fritz in the semifinal.
This will be the 7th time that Alex De Minaur and Taylor Harry Fritz play each other. The head to head is 4-2 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they played, Harry Fritz won 3-6 6-4 7-65 in the 4th round in Indian Wells back in March 2022.
Live score progression and stats
The Australian in this set was in much better shape than Tommy and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Paul in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when De Minaur won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.
De Minaur was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 4th game (3-1 15-40). On the other side, De Minaur didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. De Minaur conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Paul (28-17). The Australian dropped 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the net, Paul conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
The American won the set after he broke the Australian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Alex tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Anyhow, Tommy didn’t blink to win the set 6-4.
The American was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Australian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 62 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Tommy won just 2 more points than De Minaur (32-30). Tommy surrendered 14 points on serve (21-14). On the other side, De Minaur conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
Alex won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, De Minaur broke back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game to win the set 6-4.
The American was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-4 to 6-4.
They contested 80 points. This set was so close that, De Minaur won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Alex dropped 15 points on serve (22-15). On the losing side, Tommy conceded 18 points on serve (25-18).
Tennis Scores in Eastbourne
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Tommy PaulPaul (6-2 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-5 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Alexander BublikBublik (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (2-3) – H2H details and stats
- Maxime CressyCressy – Jack DraperDraper (0-0) – H2H details and stats
