Paul gets the better of Shelton in the quarter. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

Tommy Paul beats Ben Shelton 7-6(6) 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the quarter in Melbourne on Wednesday in what was an all-American affair. Paul will square off with Novak Djokovic in the semifinal. The battle lasted 3 hours and 6 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 3^rd round in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Melbourne

Paul's Record

Tommy added to his prize money $ 369,750 after winning this match. He has won already $ 925,000 so far in this event. If he wins the next match, Tommy will add $ 700,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,625,000.

Highlights Tommy Paul vs. Ben Shelton Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Paul

Shelton

7-6⁶ 6-3 5-7
6-4
3h:06

152

152

Total points

127

127

66

66

Winners

71

71

43%

43%

Ratio Winners

56%

56%

26

26

Unforced

50

50

34%

34%

Ratio Unforced

66%

66%

23/28

23/28

Net Approaches

25/36

25/36

82%

82%

Perc

69%

69%

-- Serve --

7

7

Aces

24

24

3

3

Double Faults

6

6

66%

66%

1st in

58%

58%

86%

86%

1st won

76%

76%

66/77

66/77

1st won

71/94

71/94

68%

68%

2nd won

47%

47%

27/40

27/40

2nd won

32/68

32/68

212

212

Fastest serve

220

220

186

186

AVG 1^st Serve

197

197

147

147

AVG 2^nd Serve

173

173

-- Break Points --

3/15

3/15

Total

2/4

2/4

20%

20%

Won

50%

50%

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At the end of the match, Paul scored 152 points vs. Shelton’s 127.

Paul

Paul served pretty well to win 86% of the points (66/77) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (27/40) on his second serve. Paul won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 20% (3/15) of the procured opportunities.

Shelton

On the other side, Ben was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Tommy Paul vs. Novak Djokovic – stats

Paul will play Djokovic in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Tommy Paul and Novak Djokovic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Tommy won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.

Tiebreak

Paul won 3 minibreaks in the 12^th (6-6), 13^th (7-6) and 14^th (8-6) point. On the other side, Ben won a minibreak in the 11^th (6-5) point.

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

Paul wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3^rd game (1-1 30-40). Paul saved 2 set points when he was 4-5 and 5-6 down. On the other side, Paul didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 81 points. Tommy conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Ben (43-38). Tommy surrendered 7 points on serve (29-7). In addition, on the other side, Ben conceded 14 points on serve (31-14).

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Tommy conquered in the 6^th game (4-2) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).

Paul converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 30-40) and the 6^th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Shelton was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5^th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 56 points. Paul was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Ben (33-23). Paul conceded 5 points on serve (21-5). on the other side of the net, Ben conceded 12 points on serve (18-12).

Shelton clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 7^th (3-4) game, Ben broke back in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 12^th game to win the set 7-5.

Shelton was on the money in converting all his break points in the 7^th (3-4 30-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Paul was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3^rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 7^th (3-3 40-A) and the 9^th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 83 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Ben won barely 1 point more than Paul (42-41). Ben lost 20 points on serve (32-20). In addition, on the other side, Tommy conceded 10 points on serve (21-10).

Paul didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Ben Shelton in the 1^st game (1-0). That break turned to be decisive for Paul to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.

Paul converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 15-40), the 5^th (3-1 30-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Paul didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 59 points. Paul conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Ben (35-24). Tommy was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Ben conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Andrey RublevRublev (6-1 6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Ben SheltonShelton (7-6⁶ 6-3 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-3 7-6² 6-4) – Stats and score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Sebastian KordaKorda (7-6⁵ 6-3 3-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-5) – H2H details and stats