Tommy Paul tops O Connell in the 1st round to play vs Nishikori at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Paul ousts O Connell to square off with Kei Nishikori in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Tommy Paul gets the better of Christopher O Connell 6-2 3-6 6-1 6-7(5) 7-5 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday. Paul will fight against Kei Nishikori in the 2nd round. The epic lasted exactly 4 hours. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Paul
Melbourne
Paul's Record

Tommy added to his prize money $ 68,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 200,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 90,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 290,000 in total.

Highlights Tommy Paul vs. Christopher O Connell Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Paul
Connell
Tommy Paul
6-2 3-6 6-1
6-75 7-5
4h:00
Christopher O Connell
175
175
Total points
152
152
73
73
Winners
76
76
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
62
62
Unforced
49
49
56%
56%
Ratio Unforced
44%
44%
43/53
43/53
Net Approaches
26/41
26/41
81%
81%
Perc
63%
63%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
11
11
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
61%
61%
1st in
64%
64%
80%
80%
1st won
67%
67%
73/91
73/91
1st won
76/114
76/114
50%
50%
2nd won
45%
45%
29/58
29/58
2nd won
29/64
29/64
217
217
Fastest serve
203
203
179
179
AVG 1st Serve
183
183
147
147
AVG 2nd Serve
147
147
-- Break Points --
6/20
6/20
Total
2/8
2/8
30%
30%
Won
25%
25%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, the American scored 175 points vs. the Australian’s 152.

Paul

Tommy served extremely well to win 80% of the points (73/91) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (29/58) on his second serve. Tommy fired 15 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Paul won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 30% (6/20) of the procured opportunities.

O Connell

On the other side, O Connell was struggling when converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Paul and O Connell is 3-1 for Tommy.

Draw and next match H2H: Tommy Paul vs. Kei Nishikori – stats

Paul will square off with Nishikori in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Tommy Paul and Kei Nishikori fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Nishikori won 3-6 7-68 6-4 in the quarter in Washington back in 2017.

Tommy Paul Draw info

1st
Paul
Connell
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Paul
Connell
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
1
4
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
3rd
Paul
Connell
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
4th
Paul
Connell
6-7
6
7
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
5th
Paul
Connell
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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