Staunch Tommy Paul survives Michelsen in the 2nd round to play vs Thompson. HIGHLIGHTS – DELRAY BEACH RESULTS

Tommy Paul survives Alex Michelsen 5-7 6-4 7-6(4) in the 2^nd round in Delray Beach on Thursday after winning a huge battle in what was an all-American match. Paul will engage against Jordan Thompson in the quarter. The epic lasted exactly 3 hours. His best achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

Delray Beach

Paul's Record

Tommy added to his prize money $ 8,385 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 19,995 after this win. If he wins the next match, Paul will add $ 14,515 to his earnings to get in total $ 34,510 in total.

Highlights Tommy Paul vs. Alex Michelsen Delray Beach Open – Delray Beach

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Paul

Michelsen

5-7 6-4 7-6⁴
3h:00

123

123

Total points

114

114

51

51

Winners

52

52

41%

41%

Ratio Winners

46%

46%

-- Serve --

15

15

Aces

2

2

5

5

Double Faults

6

6

56%

56%

1st in

59%

59%

81%

81%

1st won

70%

70%

51/63

51/63

1st won

52/74

52/74

45%

45%

2nd won

45%

45%

22/49

22/49

2nd won

23/51

23/51

-- Break Points --

2/8

2/8

Total

2/11

2/11

25%

25%

Won

18%

18%

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At the end of the match, Paul scored 123 points vs. Alex’s 114.

Paul

Paul served pretty well to win 81% of the points (51/63) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 45% points (22/49) on his second serve. Paul fired 15 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Paul won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 25% (2/8) of the procured opportunities.

Michelsen

On the other side, Alex was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 18% – 2/11). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Tommy Paul vs. Jordan Thompson – stats

Paul will take on Thompson in the quarter.

This will be the 2^nd time that Tommy Paul and Jordan Thompson face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Thompson (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

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 Alex clinched in the 12^th game (7-5) just before finally winning the set (7-5).

Michelsen failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.

Alex was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4^th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 10^th (5-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Tommy wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4^th game (2-2 40-A).

They played 88 points. Michelsen won 8 more points than Tommy (48-40). Alex lost 16 points on serve (33-16). on the other side of the court, Paul conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).

Similarly to the 1^st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Paul snatched in the 9^th game (5-4) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Tommy was unable to break Michelsen in the 3^rd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Michelsen was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.

Paul converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9^th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, Michelsen was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6^th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 69 points. Paul was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Michelsen (37-32). Tommy lost 10 points on serve (22-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Alex conceded 15 points on serve (22-15).

Paul conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4^th (1-3) game, Tommy broke back in the 5^th (2-3) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-4.

Tiebreak

Tommy won 5 minibreaks in the 4^th (2-2), 5^th (3-2), 8^th (5-3), 9^th (6-3) and 11^th (7-4) point. On the other side, Alex won 3 minibreaks in the 3^rd (2-1), 6^th (3-3) and 10^th (4-6) point.

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

Tommy was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5^th game (1-3 0-40). On the other side, Michelsen converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6^th game (3-2 30-40).

They contested 80 points. Paul was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Michelsen (45-35). Paul dropped 15 points on serve (26-15). on the other side of the court, Michelsen conceded 19 points on serve (20-19).

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• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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Upcoming matches

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• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H details and stats
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