3 hours and 25 minutes! Tenacious Tommy Paul survives Fritz in the semifinal. HIGHLIGHTS – ACAPULCO RESULTS

Tommy Paul survives Taylor Fritz 6-3 6-7(2) 7-6(2) in the semifinal in Acapulco on Friday after conquering a huge battle in what was an all-American contest. Paul will face Holger Rune or Alex De Minaur in the final. The epic lasted 3 hours and 25 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reach the quarter in 2020 and 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Acapulco

Paul's Record

Tommy added to his prize money $ 94,640 after winning this match. He has already won $ 202,640 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tommy will add $ 173,980 to his earnings to get in total $ 376,620 in total.

Highlights Tommy Paul vs. Taylor Fritz Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Paul

Fritz

6-3 6-7² 7-6²
3h:25

130

130

Total points

131

131

64

64

Winners

52

52

49%

49%

Ratio Winners

40%

40%

-- Serve --

7

7

Aces

6

6

5

5

Double Faults

3

3

66%

66%

1st in

54%

54%

68%

68%

1st won

81%

81%

64/94

64/94

1st won

52/64

52/64

43%

43%

2nd won

39%

39%

21/49

21/49

2nd won

21/54

21/54

-- Break Points --

4/14

4/14

Total

3/13

3/13

29%

29%

Won

23%

23%

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Paul won this match even if he scored less points than Fritz (130 vs. 131).

Paul

Tommy won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 29% (4/14) of the procured opportunities.

Fritz

On the other side, Taylor was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 23% – 3/13). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Paul and Fritz is 4-3 for Tommy.

Draw and next match H2H: Tommy Paul vs. Holger Rune or Alex De Minaur – stats

Paul will play either Holger Rune or Alex De Minaur in the final. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Holger Rune and 0-3 vs. Alex De Minaur.

Live score progression and stats

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

Paul converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6^th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Fritz was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5^th (2-2 30-40) and the 7^th game (2-4 30-40).

They played 66 points. This set was so close that, Tommy won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Paul dropped 11 points on serve (22-11). On the losing side, Taylor conceded 11 points on serve (22-11).

Fritz won the set after he broke Tommy in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 10^th (5-5) game. Paul tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (4-5) game. Notwithstanding, Fritz maintained the focus to conquer the set 7-6.

Fritz was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 4^th (2-1 0-40), the 10^th (4-5 40-A) and the 14^th game (7-5 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Paul was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 5^th (1-3 30-40) and the 9^th game (4-4 40-A).

They played 89 points. Fritz was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Tommy (48-41). Fritz dropped 13 points on serve (17-13). on the other side of the court, Paul conceded 31 points on serve (28-31).

Paul enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Taylor Fritz in the 2^nd game (2-0). That break was the key and it was sufficient for Tommy to win the set (7-6) since there were no other breaks anymore.

Tiebreak

Tommy won 3 minibreaks in the 2^nd (2-0), 3^rd (3-0) and 9^th (7-2) point.

Tommy won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.

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

Tommy converted 12% of his break points (1/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 4^th (1-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6^th (2-3 30-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Fritz was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4^th (3-1 40-A), the 7^th (3-3 30-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 108 points. Tommy won 6 more points than Fritz (57-51). Paul lost 20 points on serve (38-20). on the other side of the net, Taylor conceded 19 points on serve (31-19).

Tennis Scores in Acapulco

• Tommy PaulPaul – Taylor FritzFritz (6-3 6-7² 7-6²) – Stats and score progression

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