John Isner upsets Tommy Paul 4-6 6-3 7-6(4) in the quarter in Newport on Friday in what was an all-American match. Isner will square off with Alex Michelsen in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 41 minutes. Isner won this tournament 4 times in 2011, 2012, 2017 and 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
John added to his prize money $ 14,100 after winning this match. He has already won $ 33,525 as of now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Isner will add $ 23,500 to his earnings to get in total $ 57,025.
Highlights John Isner vs. Tommy Paul Infosys Hall of Fame Open – Newport
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:41
At the end of the match, John scored 107 points vs. Tommy’s 106.
Isner
John blasted 20 aces and he committed 3 double faults. John won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.
Paul
On the other side, Tommy was battling in converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Isner and Paul is 3-0 for John.
Draw and next match H2H: John Isner vs. Alex Michelsen – stats
Isner will come up against Michelsen in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between John Isner and Alex Michelsen since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Paul grabbed in the 7th game (4-3) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
Paul missed the opportunity to break John in the 9th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tommy was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Paul didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 75 points. Paul won 7 points more than John (41-34). Tommy dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). On the other side, Isner conceded 21 points on serve (28-21).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that John snatched in the 6th game (4-2) just before eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Isner converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Isner didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 56 points. The set was a huge battle since finally John won just 2 more points than Paul (29-27). John lost 6 points on serve (16-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Tommy conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).
Isner won the set after he broke Tommy in the 5th (3-2) game. Tommy tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Nonetheless, John kept the focus to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
Isner won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Paul won a minibreak in the 3rd (1-2) point.
John won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Isner converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Paul was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (3-4 40-A).
They contested 82 points. Isner was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Paul (44-38). John lost 14 points on serve (29-14). In addition, on the other side, Paul conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).
Tennis Scores in Newport
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- John IsnerIsner – Tommy PaulPaul (4-6 6-3 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Kevin AndersonAnderson (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-0 6-74 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- John IsnerIsner – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (1-1) – H2H details and stats
