Tommy Paul tops Gabriel Diallo 6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 7-6(3) in the 3rd round in New York on Saturday. Paul will play against Jannik Sinner in the 4th round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 26 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 110,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 325,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 205,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 530,000 in total.
Highlights Tommy Paul vs. Gabriel Diallo U.S. Open – New York
Paul’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Paul scored 159 points vs. Diallo’s 127.
Paul
Paul won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 45% (9/20) of the procured opportunities.
Diallo
On the other side, Gabriel was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 5/15). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Paul and Diallo is 1-0 for Tommy.
Draw and next match H2H: Tommy Paul vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
Paul will play Sinner in the 4th round.
This will be the 4th time that Tommy Paul and Jannik Sinner face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Diallo won the set after recovering 3 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding his serve 3 times in the 7th (3-4), in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (5-6) game, The Canadian broke back 3 times in the 8th (4-4), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-5.
Gabriel failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 40.
Tiebreak
Gabriel won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5
) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the American won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3), 5th (2-3), 8th (4-4) and 9th (5-4) point.This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Diallo was perfect in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 40-A), the 8th (3-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 10th (4-5 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 0-40 and 15-40). Diallo saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. Furthermore, on the other side, Tommy was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A and 40-A).
They played 109 points. It’s worth to point out that, Diallo won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Paul (54-55). The Canadian conceded 31 points on serve (30-31). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 24 points on serve (24-24).
Paul conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Gabriel Diallo in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for the American to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
The American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than the Canadian (29-20). Tommy lost 5 points on serve (20-5). In addition, on the other side, Gabriel conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
Paul overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Gabriel Diallo in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Paul improved his lead after breaking Gabriel in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
An important stage of this set was when Paul won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to convert the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
The American was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Gabriel wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (0-1 40-A).
They played 44 points. Paul was the winner of the set after clinching 16 more points than Diallo (30-14). Paul dropped 7 points on serve (16-7). On the losing side, Gabriel conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).
Paul conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Gabriel Diallo in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, the American was not done to come back to break Diallo in the 4th (1-3) and in the 8th (4-4) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.
Tiebreak
Tommy won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the Canadian won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (2-6) and 9th (3-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
Paul converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-3 40-A), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 0-40). Also, on the other side, Diallo converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (3-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 84 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the Canadian (44-40). Paul lost 19 points on serve (27-19). On the losing side, Diallo conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).
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