Tommy Paul downs Alcaraz in the 2nd round of the National Bank Open. HIGHLIGHTS – MONTREAL RESULTS

NATIONAL BANK OPEN - MONTREAL DRAW AND RESULTS. Paul ousts Alcaraz to square off with Marin Cilic in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Carlos Alcaraz

Tommy Paul conquers Carlos Alcaraz 6-7(4) 7-6(7) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Montreal on Wednesday. Paul will fight against Marin Cilic in the 3rd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 20 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2019 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

Paul
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Paul's Record

The American added to his prize money $ 36,985 after winning this match. He has won already $ 79,745 after this win. If he wins the next match, Paul will add $ 69,340 to his earnings to get in total $ 149,085 in total.

Highlights Tommy Paul vs. Carlos Alcaraz National Bank Open – Montreal

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Paul
Alcaraz
Tommy Paul
6-74 7-67 6-3
3h:20
Carlos Alcaraz
130
130
Total points
125
125
55
55
Winners
55
55
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
4
4
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
65%
65%
1st in
66%
66%
65%
65%
1st won
67%
67%
55/85
55/85
1st won
55/82
55/82
53%
53%
2nd won
44%
44%
24/45
24/45
2nd won
19/43
19/43
-- Break Points --
4/19
4/19
Total
3/11
3/11
21%
21%
Won
27%
27%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 130 points vs. Alcaraz’s 125.

Paul

Tommy won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 21% (4/19) of the procured opportunities.

Alcaraz

On the other side, Alcaraz was battling in converting his break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Tommy Paul vs. Marin Cilic – stats

Paul will fight against Cilic in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Tommy Paul and Marin Cilic play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Cilic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Cilic won 6-4 2-6 6-3 in the quarter in Adelaide back in January 2022.

Tommy Paul Draw info

Live score progression and stats

The Spaniard won the set after he broke the American in the 3rd (2-1) game. Paul tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. However, the Spaniard stayed solid to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.

Tiebreak

The Spaniard won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the American won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4) and 10th (4-6) point.

Carlos won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4

The Spaniard was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the American was spot on in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A).

They contested 92 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Spaniard won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the American (45-47). Alcaraz dropped 19 points on serve (30-19). In addition, on the other side, Tommy conceded 15 points on serve (28-15).

Paul had a racing start in this set after breaking Carlos Alcaraz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, Tommy was not done to come back to break Alcaraz in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 7.

Tommy failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.

A defining moment of this set was when Paul won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 1-4 to 5-4.

Tiebreak

Tommy won 5 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 5th (3-2), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Carlos won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3) and 10th (5-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7

Tommy converted 22% of his break points (2/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (2-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). The American saved 1 set point when he was trailing 6-7. Also, on the other side, Carlos converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (3-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).

They played 95 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Tommy won barely 1 point more than Alcaraz (48-47). The American lost 21 points on serve (27-21). On the losing side, Carlos conceded 21 points on serve (26-21).

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the American conquered in the 4th game (3-1) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-3).

Tommy converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Spaniard was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).

They played 68 points. The American conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Carlos (36-32). Tommy conceded 15 points on serve (25-15). on the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).

 

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