Tommy Paul saved a match point on the way to a 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 upset of top seed Alexander Zverev on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters. The match was interrupted for 90 minutes in the seventh game of the second set by rain and had two more five-minute pauses as drops were dried from the court. French Open champion Zverev had a chance to close out a victory at 6-5 in the second-set tiebreaker but stuffed a volley into the net.
Tommy Paul saved a match point on the way to a 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 upset of top seed Alexander Zverev on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters.
“I put some returns in, he gave me some looks at second serves and he threw in a few doubles (faults). That always helps a ton. “I knew I had a chance.
The German again gained an edge in the deciding set with a break for 4-2, but Paul broke back in the next game and again for a 5-4 lead. Australian Alex de Minaur was no match for Frenchman Arthur Fils, who cruised to a 6-3, 6-4 victory over the fifth seed. Defending women’s champion Iga Swiatek needed four match points to get past Diane Parry of France 6-3, 6-3. It took three additional chances in the next game to break Parry, who hit the net with a backhand to lose in 88 minutes.
“I’m not sure how I did it,” Paul said. “At the end of the second set and start of the third I told myself to believe, try on every point,” Cobolli said.
