Tommy Paul

2023 - 1 - 26

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It's Tommy Paul vs. Novak Djokovic in an Australian Open Semifinal (The New York Times)

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.

Paul aims to emulate past US heroes at Australian Open after ... (The Guardian)

Tommy Paul is the first American male semi-finalist at Melbourne Park since Andy Roddick but must now face Novak Djokovic.

“I don’t see why at the end of this year we couldn’t have five, six guys in the top 20 with the way that some of these guys are playing that aren’t inside the top 20 right now,” he says. On Friday he will have the unenviable task of attempting to stop The most notable element of all of this is that none of these players is over 25. Of the 16 Americans in the men’s draw, Fritz and Tiafoe started the tournament the most fancied. Right now there are nine American players in the top 50 – including two in the top 30, Taylor Fritz (ranked ninth) and Frances Tiafoe (17th). Confirmation came in May 2021 when, for the first time in nearly 50 years of computerised tennis rankings, the ATP’s top 30 did not feature an American man.

Tommy Paul to face Novak Djokovic in Australian Open semifinals (Los Angeles Times)

Tommy Paul will face Novak Djokovic in his first Grand Slam event semifinal after ending the surprising run of Ben Shelton at the Australian Open.

to win a Grand Slam singles championship, at the U.S. Roddick was also the last man from the U.S. man to make it to the final four at Melbourne Park since Andy Roddick in 2009. ... 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. “Every junior to pro has a different path. Oi, Oi, Oi!” or “Go, Gators!”

American Tommy Paul into Australian Open semi-finals (RNZ)

Tommy Paul became the first American man to reach the Australian Open semi-finals since Andy Roddick in 2009 after outclassing Ben Shelton.

Doing well in a Grand Slam is everyone's dream." I love these conditions, this court, it's definitely special for me," Djokovic said. He joins John Isner and Frances Tiafoe as the only active American men to have reached the last four of a major.

SF Preview: 'Dominant' Djokovic Meets Surprise Package Paul | ATP ... (ATP Tour)

Novak Djokovic and Tommy Paul meet for the first time in the 2023 Australian Open semi-finals.

[Rolex Paris Masters](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/paris/352/overview). With Paul, Shelton and [Sebastian Korda](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sebastian-korda/k0ah/overview) all reaching the last eight, it marked the first time since 2000 that three American men have reached that stage in Melbourne — and the first time at any Slam since the 2005 [US Open](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview). [Andy Roddick](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-roddick/r485/overview) became the last American man to win a major title at the 2003 [US Open](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview): "I think we all want it pretty bad for ourselves," he said, referencing [Frances Tiafoe](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/overview)'s semi-final run at the 2022 [US Open](https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview). But he will experience a first in Friday's semi-finals when he takes on American [Tommy Paul](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tommy-paul/pl56/overview). [Ben Shelton](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ben-shelton/s0s1/overview), Paul continues to fly the flag for U.S. But despite the Serbian's sterling record Down Under, Paul was hoping for an opportunity to face the undisputed master of Melbourne. I've been in this situation so many times in my life, in my career, never lost a semi-final in the It's really cool," Paul said of making his first Grand Slam semi-final, before Djokovic defeated Rublev. While Paul is unseeded, he was the first man to miss the cutoff as the World No. Paul, who was on the field courts for his first three contests, made his Laver debut on Wednesday in the quarter-finals. [Alex de Minaur](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview) in the fourth round and seven to fifth seed [Andrey Rublev](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview) in the quarters. "Very explosive, very dynamic player.

Tommy Paul beats Ben Shelton in all-American clash to reach ... (CNN)

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.

Victorious Tommy Paul, surging Ben Shelton yet two more ... (Tennis Magazine)

Over the course of a crackling, 3:06 Australian Open quarterfinal, Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton took the world on a magical mystery tennis tour, a trek across ...

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.

Tommy Paul wins Australian Open all-American quarterfinal; Novak ... (Home of the Olympic Channel)

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!”

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