Tommy Paul conquers Rafael Nadal 3-6 7-6(4) 6-1 in the 2nd round in Paris on Wednesday. Paul will play Pablo Carreno-Busta in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 32 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 2020 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money € 33,795 after conquering this match. He has won already € 72,865 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add € 63,360 to his earnings to get in total € 136,225 in total.
Highlights Tommy Paul vs. Rafael Nadal Rolex Paris Masters – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 99 points vs. Rafael’s 88.
Paul
Tommy served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (39/50) behind his first serve. However he won only 47% points (18/38) on his second serve. The American was pretty focused in converting 63% of the break points that he procured (5/8).
Nadal
On the other side, the Spaniard was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that he conquered points (3/5). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Paul and Nadal is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Tommy Paul vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta – stats
Paul will take on Carreno-Busta in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Tommy Paul and Pablo Carreno-Busta since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Nadal conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Nadal broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.
Nadal was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). On the other side, Tommy was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-1 40-A).
They contested 54 points. Nadal conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Tommy (30-24). Nadal lost 11 points on serve (20-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Paul conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).
Paul clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Tommy broke back in the 4th (2-2) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-4.
Tiebreak
Paul won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 11th (7-4) point.
The American won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Paul converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Spaniard converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 86 points. Tommy was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Nadal (45-41). Tommy conceded 13 points on serve (30-13). on the other side of the court, the Spaniard conceded 15 points on serve (28-15).
Paul was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Rafael Nadal in the 1st game (1-0). Tommy reinforced his lead after breaking Rafael in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
Nadal was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Tommy was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, Nadal wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 40-A).
They played 47 points. Tommy was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than the Spaniard (29-18). Tommy conceded 8 points on serve (14-8). On the other side, Rafael conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).
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