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Lorenzo Sonego #27 def. Tommy Paul #56

7-6(9) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 18, 2021*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Lorenzo Sonego
Score	7-6(9) 6-2
Loser	Tommy Paul
Duration	1h 54m

Stat	Lorenzo Sonego	Tommy Paul
Aces	13	6
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	57	64
First serve points won %	81	73
Second serve points won %	56	60
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	70	68
Return points won %	32	30
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Lorenzo Sonego	Tommy Paul
Country	ITA	USA
Birth date	May 11, 1995	May 17, 1997
Age	26	24
Height	191	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	27	56
Ranking points (entering)	2,157	1,193
Elo (entering)	1,882	1,850
Career W-L	166–188	227–146
Career earnings	$9,813,652	$14,663,970

Pre-match H2H

Lorenzo Sonego 0 – 1 Tommy Paul

Path

Lorenzo Sonego's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2021	R64	Carlos Alcaraz	6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Lorenzo Sonego's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2021	R16	Stefanos Tsitsipas	7-5 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Tommy Paul's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2021	R64	Cristian Garin	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2021	Q2	Tennys Sandgren	6-7(5) 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 15, 2021	Q1	Soonwoo Kwon	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data