Felix Auger-Aliassime beats Tommy Paul 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Adelaide on Friday. Auger-Aliassime will have to play Sebastian Korda in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 44 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the semifinal in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Felix added to his prize money $ 24,870 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 60,350 after this win. If he wins the next match, Felix will add $ 43,185 to his earnings to get in total $ 103,535 in total.
Highlights Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Tommy Paul Adelaide International – Adelaide
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:44
Felix won this match even if he scored less points than the American (99 vs. 105).
Auger-Aliassime
The Canadian won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Paul
On the other side, Paul was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 4/12). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Auger-Aliassime and Paul is 2-0 for Felix.
Draw and next match H2H: Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Sebastian Korda – stats
Auger-Aliassime will compete against Korda in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Felix Auger-Aliassime and Sebastian Korda fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Auger-Aliassime (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
The Canadian won the set after he broke Paul in the 7th (4-3) game. Tommy tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Nevertheless, Auger-Aliassime kept the focus to win the set 7-6.
Auger-Aliassime was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, the American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 8th (3-4 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40).
They played 83 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Felix won barely 1 point more than Paul (42-41). Auger-Aliassime conceded 17 points on serve (31-17). On the other side, Paul conceded 11 points on serve (24-11).
Auger-Aliassime conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Tommy Paul in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, Paul was not done to come back to break Felix 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The American failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Paul won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 0-2 to 4-2.
Tommy was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Canadian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 0th (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (2-6 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 60 points. The American conquered the set after winning 10 more points than the Canadian (35-25). Tommy surrendered 14 points on serve (19-14). on the other side of the net, the Canadian conceded 16 points on serve (11-16).
Auger-Aliassime had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Tommy Paul in the 2nd game (2-0). The Canadian extended his lead after breaking the American before winning the set (6-4).
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Tommy was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 61 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally the Canadian won just 1 point more than Paul (31-30). Felix surrendered 14 points on serve (26-14). on the other side of the court, Tommy conceded 5 points on serve (16-5).
Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 7-64)
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Tommy PaulPaul (7-63 3-6 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Sebastian KordaKorda (2-1) – H2H details and stats
