Tommy Paul gets by Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 4-6 6-2 7-5 in the 4th round in Melbourne on Monday. Paul will seek to keep on going in this event against Ben Shelton in the quarter. The battle lasted 3 hours and 19 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tommy added to his prize money $ 217,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 555,250 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 369,750 to his earnings to get in total $ 925,000 in total.
Highlights Tommy Paul vs. Roberto Bautista Agut Australian Open – Melbourne
Paul’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
7-5
3h:19
At the end of the match, Tommy scored 135 points vs. Bautista Agut’s 118.
Paul
Paul fired 11 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Paul won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 40% (6/15) of the procured opportunities.
Bautista Agut
On the other side, Bautista Agut was struggling when converting his break points (only 20% – 2/10). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Paul and Bautista Agut is 2-3 for Roberto.
Draw and next match H2H: Tommy Paul vs. Ben Shelton – stats
Paul will fight against Shelton in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Paul came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Roberto Bautista Agut in the 1st game (1-0). The American improved his lead after breaking the Spaniard in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
The American converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Spaniard was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 71 points. Paul was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than the Spaniard (39-32). Tommy conceded 12 points on serve (21-12). on the other side of the court, the Spaniard conceded 18 points on serve (20-18).
Bautista Agut clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The Spaniard broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4.
Roberto was perfect in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-3 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the American was perfect in converting all his break points in the 5th game (2-2 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 60 points. Roberto was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than the American (33-27). The Spaniard surrendered 10 points on serve (19-10). On the other side, Tommy conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
Paul overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Roberto Bautista Agut in the 1st game (1-0). Paul reinforced his lead after breaking Bautista Agut in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
The American converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Roberto was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 53 points. Paul was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Bautista Agut (31-22). Tommy surrendered 9 points on serve (19-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Paul clinched in the 11th game (6-5) before eventually conquering the set (7-5).
The American surrendered 9 points on serve (25-9). In addition, on the other side, Roberto conceded 12 points on serve (19-12).