Tommy Paul dispatches Luca Nardi 6-4 6-3 in the 4th round in Indian Wells on Wednesday. Paul will face off with Casper Ruud in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 4th round in 2021 and 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 84,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 185,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Paul will add $ 140,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.
Highlights Tommy Paul vs. Luca Nardi BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:20
At the end of the match, Tommy scored 64 points vs. Luca’s 54.
Paul
Tommy served pretty well to win 78% of the points (25/32) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (12/19) on his second serve. Tommy won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Nardi
On the other side, the Italian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Paul and Nardi is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Tommy Paul vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Paul will play Ruud in the quarter.
This will be the 6th time that Tommy Paul and Casper Ruud fight against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Tommy snatched in the 9th game (5-4) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).
The Italian was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
The American converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, Nardi wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-1 30-40).
They played 66 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 2 points more than Nardi (34-32). Paul lost 8 points on serve (21-8). On the other side, Luca conceded 13 points on serve (24-13).
Tommy won the set after he broke Luca in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Tommy converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Paul didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 52 points. Tommy was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Nardi (30-22). The American lost 6 points on serve (16-6). In addition, on the other side, Nardi conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Tommy PaulPaul – Luca NardiNardi (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Taylor FritzFritz (2-6 7-62 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Gael MonfilsMonfils (3-6 7-63 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Ben SheltonShelton (7-64 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (5-7 6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Holger RuneRune () – Stats and score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Tommy PaulPaul () – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (7-3) – H2H details and stats
- Tommy PaulPaul – Casper RuudRuud (1-4) – H2H details and stats
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Jannik SinnerSinner (2-0) – H2H details and stats
