Tommy Paul aces Rinky Hijikata 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Adelaide on Thursday. Paul will fight against Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes. This run will match his best result in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.

Adelaide
Paul's Record

The American added to his prize money $ 14,925 after winning this match. He has already won $ 35,480 till now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 24,870 to his earnings to get in total $ 60,350.

Highlights Tommy Paul vs. Rinky Hijikata Adelaide International – Adelaide

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Paul
Hijikata
6-3 6-4
1h:18
65
65
Total points
52
52
32
32
Winners
23
23
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
4
4
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
65%
65%
1st in
69%
69%
76%
76%
1st won
64%
64%
32/42
32/42
1st won
23/36
23/36
57%
57%
2nd won
56%
56%
13/23
13/23
2nd won
9/16
9/16
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
Total
0/4
0/4
29%
29%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Tommy scored 65 points vs. Hijikata’s 52.

Paul

Tommy served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (32/42) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (13/23) on his second serve. Paul won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.

Hijikata

On the other side, Hijikata wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Tommy Paul vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime – stats

Paul will compete against Auger-Aliassime in the semifinal.

This will be the 2nd time that Tommy Paul and Felix Auger-Aliassime face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Auger-Aliassime (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Paul 6-3
PaulHijikata
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
PaulHijikata
6
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
PaulHijikata
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
PaulHijikata
5
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
PaulHijikata
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
PaulHijikata
4
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
PaulHijikata
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PaulHijikata
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PaulHijikata
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
PaulHijikata
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Tommy grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).

Paul converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Hijikata was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 65 points. Tommy was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Rinky (37-28). The American conceded 14 points on serve (25-14). on the other side of the net, Hijikata conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).

2nd Set -
Paul 6-4
PaulHijikata
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PaulHijikata
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
PaulHijikata
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
PaulHijikata
4
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
PaulHijikata
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PaulHijikata
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
PaulHijikata
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
PaulHijikata
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
PaulHijikata
2
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30

Paul had a racing start in this set after breaking Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd game (2-0). The American extended his lead after breaking Rinky before conquering the set (6-4).

Tommy was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) 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. The American conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Rinky (28-24). Tommy conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 8 points on serve (18-8).

1st
Paul
Hijikata
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Paul
Hijikata
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0

Tennis Scores in Adelaide

  • Tommy PaulPaul – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-3 6-4)
  • Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-2 6-3)
  • Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Marcos GironGiron (7-63 6-3)
  • Sebastian KordaKorda – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (w/o)

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