Roman Safiullin upsets Paul in the 2nd round to play vs Zapata Miralles at the Mutua Madrid Open – MADRID RESULTS

MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Safiullin upsets Paul to come up against Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Tommy Paul

Roman Safiullin stuns Tommy Paul 6-3 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in Madrid on Saturday. Safiullin will square off with Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes.

Safiullin
Madrid
Safiullin's Record

The Russian added to his prize money € 21,790 after winning this match. He has already won € 48,835 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add € 36,065 to his earnings to get in total € 84,900 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Safiullin
Paul
Roman Safiullin
6-3 7-63
1h:39
Tommy Paul
73
73
Total points
60
60
45
45
Winners
31
31
62%
62%
Ratio Winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
4
4
0
0
Double Faults
0
0
82%
82%
1st in
65%
65%
82%
82%
1st won
72%
72%
45/55
45/55
1st won
31/43
31/43
58%
58%
2nd won
61%
61%
7/12
7/12
2nd won
14/23
14/23
-- Break Points --
1/4
1/4
Total
0/2
0/2
25%
25%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Safiullin scored 73 points vs. the American’s 60.

Safiullin

Roman served extremely well to win 82% of the points (45/55) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (7/12) on his second serve. The Russian won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.

Paul

On the other side, the American wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Safiullin and Paul is 1-0 for Roman.

Draw and next match H2H: Roman Safiullin vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles – stats

Safiullin will fight against Zapata Miralles in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Roman Safiullin and Bernabe Zapata Miralles since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Roman Safiullin Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Safiullin 6-3
SafiullinPaul
6
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
SafiullinPaul
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
SafiullinPaul
5
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SafiullinPaul
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
SafiullinPaul
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
SafiullinPaul
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
SafiullinPaul
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
SafiullinPaul
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SafiullinPaul
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
SafiullinPaul
1
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Safiullin grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).

Roman converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). On the other side, Paul wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (2-4 30-40).

They contested 60 points. Safiullin conquered the set after winning 4 points more than the American (32-28). Safiullin surrendered 8 points on serve (21-8). on the other side of the court, Tommy conceded 11 points on serve (20-11).

2nd Set -
Safiullin 7-6
SafiullinPaul
7
6
P
0
1
S
1
1
S
2
1
P
3
1
P
3
2
S
4
2
S
5
2
P
6
2
P
6
3
S
7
3
SafiullinPaul
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
SafiullinPaul
5
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
SafiullinPaul
5
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
SafiullinPaul
4
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
SafiullinPaul
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SafiullinPaul
3
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
SafiullinPaul
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
SafiullinPaul
2
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SafiullinPaul
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
SafiullinPaul
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
SafiullinPaul
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15

Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Roman won the breaker at 7-3.

Tiebreak

Roman won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point.

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

Roman was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Tommy wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (4-3 40-A).

They contested 73 points. Safiullin conquered the set after winning 7 points more than the American (40-33). Roman dropped 7 points on serve (30-7). on the other side of the net, Paul conceded 10 points on serve (26-10).

1st
Safiullin
Paul
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Safiullin
Paul
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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