Tommy Paul

Tommy Paul is into the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time in his career with a 7-6(6) 6-3 5-7 6-4 victory over world No. 89 Ben Shelton.

Shelton was undeterred going a set down and maintained his aggression early in the second set. However, Shelton stayed composed and got back on level terms when Paul struck a forehand wide. He took it when Shelton struck yet another backhand into the net. Shelton then repeated the same error and it handed Paul the opening set after 56 minutes. I was like 'semi-finals sounds a little better' so I'm pumped to be there and obviously really excited for whoever I play on Friday. 5 Andrey Rublev in the last four on Friday.

Paul claimed a 7-6 (6) 6-3 5-7 6-4 victory on Rod Laver Arena.

Paul said: “This is my first time on this court, my first time in the quarter-finals of a slam. I’m pumped to be there and obviously really excited for whoever I play on Friday. The run of 20-year-old Shelton, in just his second grand slam and on his first trip outside the USA, has been one of the stories of the tournament.

Paul became the first American man since Andy Roddick in 2009 to reach the Australian Open men's singles semifinal.

He will be ranked in the top 50 of the ATP Tour world rankings Monday. Shelton’s trip to Australia is the first time he has left the United States. He entered the Australian Open ranked No.

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Shelton took full advantage and broke Paul from 30-up at 5-6 to snatch the third. Well, this match was all about Tommy Paul up until about 20 minutes ago. Paul conjures up break point and asks his coach where he thinks Shelton is going to serve. PAUL 7-6 6-3 5-7 3-1 SHELTON Paul doesn’t make the same mistake twice. PAUL 7-6 6-3 5-7 3-2 SHELTON

Experience proved key as Tommy Paul took on Ben Shelton at the Australian Open beating him in four sets 7-6(8) 6-3 5-7 6-4 for his maiden grand slam ...

When you compared that to Paul who also had over 40 winners but also less than 30 unforced errors. Over 40 winners in the match but also over 50 unforced errors. Both players played a pretty solid match but Paul had experience on his side and it proved quite decisive.

Tommy Paul beat fellow American Ben Shelton in a hard-fought match at the Australian Open to reach the first grand slam semifinal of his career.

Shelton also fired down 24 aces during the match, the fastest a booming 220 km/h, and 42 winners. The 20-year-old currently boasts a career-high ranking – world No. [Novak Djokovic](http://cnn.com/2023/01/23/tennis/novak-djokovic-alex-de-minaur-australian-open-spt-intl/index.html) or world No. “It is also Ben Shelton’s first time leaving the States, so I think he’s had a pretty good tournament as well. [Ben Shelton](http://cnn.com/2023/01/24/tennis/ben-shelton-profile-australian-open-spt-intl/index.html) in a hard-fought match at the [Australian Open](http://cnn.com/2023/01/24/tennis/jessica-pegula-victoria-azarenka-australian-open-spt-intl/index.html) to reach the first grand slam semifinal of his career. The big-hitting lefty was playing in only the second grand slam of his career – the first coming at the US Open at the end of 2022 – and before traveling to New Zealand and Australia in preparation for the first grand slam of the year had never even been outside of the US.

Tommy Paul's mother jumped on a plane in the United States and flew to the other side of the world to watch her son play tennis in Melbourne on Thursday.

“It’s not just exciting for the American fans, I think it’s exciting for fans all around the world,” Paul said of having three Americans in the quarters. Paul endured a right wrist injury that forced him to miss much of 2018 but continues to play the best tennis of his career as he reaches his mid-20s. Shelton served up two straight service winners on the way to holding serve. 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinals. He still banged out 23 aces in the loss. He will end up in the 20s after this run. The exuberant left-hander won the NCAA singles championship at the University of Florida last May, and then turned pro before the U.S. 35 in the world, Paul was appearing in his first Grand Slam quarterfinal and will now play in the semifinals against either nine-time champion Novak Djokovic or Russian No. Open, and had never traveled outside the U.S. “It’s actually Ben Shelton first time leaving the States, so I think he had a pretty good trip as well.... He will earn $621,313 for reaching the semifinals. [reaching the U.S.

Tommy Paul beat Ben Shelton in an all-American matchup in the Australian Open quarterfinals, advancing to play Novak Djokovic.

They shared a light moment when Paul’s coach, Brad Stine, told him to look for a serve down the “T” on the Ad side of the court. Shelton noticed the exchange and kicked his serve wide, leaving Paul out of position and with no chance at reaching the ace. “I’ve been flying under the radar a little bit.” “Extremely solid from the baseline,” Shelton said. … They kind of treated me like one of their own,” he observed — Paul was not drawing the same amount adoration. As a bonus, Paul’s mother was in the crowd for the biggest victory of his career. Now Paul is the first man from his country to make it to the final four at Melbourne Park since Andy Roddick in 2009. Since turning professional, he has claimed one tour-level trophy, at Stockholm in 2021, and, until this week, had made it as far as the fourth round at just one Grand Slam tournament — at Wimbledon a year ago. Roddick was also the last man from the U.S. “She deserves to be here and deserves to see me win big matches.” … Mine has been, like, the slowest,” the 35th-ranked Paul said, mentioning a group of Americans he grew up with: Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Reilly Opelka. Oi, Oi, Oi!” or “Go, Gators!”

Paul, the first American man to reach an Australian Open singles semifinal since Andy Roddick in 2009, must now face Novak Djokovic.

He is an all-surface threat who grew up playing on green clay at his family’s club in North Carolina and won the French Open boys’ title on red clay in 2015, beating Fritz in the final. She is an audiologist and had only a carry-on bag after scrambling to make the trip on short notice after Paul beat Roberto Bautista Agut in the fourth round. Now, he has made his deepest Grand Slam run on a hardcourt. Last year, he reached the fourth round at Wimbledon on grass. Open and had chances in the semis, and who knows what would have happened if he had won that match? He already has defeated top-drawer opponents: beating Rafael Nadal and the world No. “And he was like, ‘Unreal!’” His mother Jill MacMillan, a former college player at East Carolina University who was his first coach, arrived in Melbourne on Wednesday morning after flying from Newark to Los Angeles to Melbourne in economy class in her scrubs. “You see Fritz win a Masters 1000, and I think all of us we’re all happy for him, but we’re all like, ‘OK, he did it. I’m going to make him jump in the Yarra if we win this thing. “And then ‘Foe makes semifinals of the U.S. “I think it applies a lot,” Paul said.

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Present-minded as the players must be, surely they too can’t help but be excited about what’s ahead. Now, immediately, another American man is in the final four. Against Shelton, Paul won an impressive 68 percent of his second-serve points, well over the 50 percent mark players strive to surpass. The paths Paul and Shelton have taken has yet again proven how player development is much more art than science. “So I think it maybe has helped me a little bit kind of not having that expectation or the feeling that I have to perform, but being able to just go out there, be myself and play free. “It being my first time, never being out of the United States, I knew it would be a struggle,” said Shelton following his round-of-16 win over fellow former American college player, J.J. He’s also obliterated the assumption that to excel, a young American must travel the globe. The flavor of Roddick-Fish was poles apart from Paul-Shelton. This, after all, was the first all-American quarterfinal at a major in 16 years, an occurrence that last happened when Andy Roddick beat his good friend, Mardy Fish, in the quarterfinals of the 2007 Australian Open. For each man’s Australian Open delivered joy not simply in the present, but, even more pleasing, offered a glimpse into captivating possibilities. But to watch tennis well permits—better yet, encourages—a completely different relationship to time. Rublev; Paul vs.

Aryna Sabalenka and Magda Linette also advanced to the semifinals.