Indian Wells – Archyde.com
Tommy Paul scored the biggest win of his career with a shock 6-2 4-6 7-6 victory over third seed Alexander Zverev under the floodlights at the Indian Wells Tennis Championships.
After a strong start, the 24-year-old American looked to be in luck in the California desert when hard-hitting German opponent Zverev took a 4-2 lead in the deciding set.
But Zverev committed four double faults to put Paul back in the game, and the American did not waste this opportunity to push the set into a tiebreak and decide the match in his favor in the end.
“The match started well,” Paul said in an on-court interview. I attacked him on the net and put a lot of pressure on his serve. Then Zverev started serving well in the second and third sets, but luck was on my side a little bit and I took advantage of the chances that I had.”
Paul will meet Alex de Minaur in the third round, who defeated fellow Australian John Millman 7-6, 6-3.
