Tommy Paul too good for Frances Tiafoe 6-2 6-2 in the semifinal in Delray Beach on Saturday in what was an all-American match after playing a remarkable match to deal with Taylor Fritz in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 1 minute. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Paul added to his prize money $ 24,190 after winning this match. He has already won $ 58,700 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tommy will add $ 41,935 to his earnings to get in total $ 100,635 in total.
Highlights Tommy Paul vs. Frances Tiafoe Delray Beach Open – Delray Beach
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:01
At the end of the match, Paul scored 56 points vs. Tiafoe’s 35.
Paul
Tommy served pretty well to win 81% of the points (25/31) behind his first serve, and he won 73% points (8/11) on his second serve. Tommy was absolutely great in converting all the break points (4/4).
Tiafoe
On the other side, Tiafoe wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Paul and Tiafoe is 3-3.
Draw and next match H2H: Tommy Paul vs. Taylor Fritz – stats
Paul will take on Fritz in the final.
This will be the 8th time that Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz clash against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Paul (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Fritz won 6-1 3-0 ret. in the quarter in Champaign Challenger back in 2017.
Live score progression and stats
Paul was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Frances Tiafoe in the 1st game (1-0). Tommy improved his lead after breaking Frances in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
Paul was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A). On the other side, Paul didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 54 points. Tommy was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Frances (31-23). Paul was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). In addition, on the other side, Frances conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
Paul in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Tiafoe and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Frances in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Paul won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the score from 1-1 to 5-1.
Tommy was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, Paul didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 37 points. Tommy won 13 more points than Frances (25-12). Tommy lost 5 points on serve (17-5). on the other side of the net, Frances conceded 8 points on serve (7-8).
Tennis Scores in Delray Beach
- Tommy PaulPaul – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Marcos GironGiron (7-68 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Tommy PaulPaul (2-2) – H2H details and stats
