Yannick Hanfmann surprises Tommy Paul 7-6(6) 6-2 in the 2nd round in Houston on Saturday. Hanfmann will clash against Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the semifinal. The battle lasted exactly 2 hours.
Hanfmann added to his prize money $ 8,145 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 19,425 after this win. If he wins the next match, Yannick will add $ 14,100 to his earnings to get in total $ 33,525 in total.
Highlights Yannick Hanfmann vs. Tommy Paul US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the German scored 85 points vs. Tommy’s 71.
Hanfmann
Yannick won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 43% (6/14) of the procured opportunities.
Paul
On the other side, Paul was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that he conquered points (4/7). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Hanfmann and Paul is 2-1 for Yannick.
Draw and next match H2H: Yannick Hanfmann vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry – stats
Hanfmann will play Martin Etcheverry in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Yannick Hanfmann and Tomas Martin Etcheverry since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Hanfmann took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Tommy Paul in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Hanfmann to win the set since the American managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (3-3) game. The German maintained his cool to break Tommy in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (7-6).
Yannick converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Tommy was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (0-1 40-A), the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 6th game (2-3 40-A).
They contested 92 points. Hanfmann was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Tommy (48-44). Hanfmann surrendered 25 points on serve (30-25). on the other side of the court, Paul conceded 18 points on serve (19-18).
Hanfmann was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Tommy Paul in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Hanfmann to win the set since Tommy succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The German maintained his focus to break Tommy in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Tommy couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The German converted 33% of his break points (3/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the American converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 64 points. The German conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Tommy (36-28). Hanfmann lost 10 points on serve (13-10). On the losing side, the American conceded 23 points on serve (18-23).
Tennis Scores in Houston
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- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Tommy PaulPaul (7-66 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Denis KudlaKudla (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Max PurcellPurcell (7-65 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – John IsnerIsner (6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H details and stats