Dallas Open Round-Up: Taylor Fritz dumped out by Denis Shapovalov as Tommy Paul continues to flourish
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Tommy Paul continued his title defence at the Dallas Open on Thursday during an upset filled day of action in America as Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton were felled as well as Frances Tiafoe. While Casper Ruud managed to remain one of the only top names left standing.
Paul seeded third defeated Ethan Quinn who is a close friend off the court 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to reach the Quarter-Finals of the ATP 500. He served for the match at 5-4 in the second set and let four consecutive points slip after taking a 30-0 lead.
Quinn grabbed the next two games to force a decider but Paul avoided drama serving for the match at 5-4 in the final set instead of putting himself into unnecessary bother.
Up next for Paul is Reilly Opelka who battle past Cameron Norrie despite drama with the umpire 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 after hitting 18 aces during a two hour, 30 minute battle. He called Greg Allensworth the worst umpire and likely will be fined for his outburst on court.
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While Fritz was ousted by Denis Shapovalov 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(2) to seal his first top 10 win ironically since defeating the American en route to the 2022 Vienna final. Fritz didn't commit a single unforced error through the first seven games. But the Canadian found his rhythm hitting 15 aces and saving seven out of nine break points he faced.
Shapovalov improved his Head to Head to 6-4 against Fritz and now meets sixth seed Tomas Machac. Frances Tiafoe and Ben Shelton both fell with the latter losing out to Jaume Munar 6-2, 7-6 in the Last 16. While Tiafoe won the first set 6-3 against Yoshihito Nishioka but was defeated in next two 6-4, 6-3 in favour of the Japanese ace.
Casper Ruud was perhaps the only top name alongside Paul who had any success as he eased past Michael Mmoh. He now faces Nishioka this evening. But in a tournament littered with American top talent, it is ironically only Paul that remains in the business end come Friday night.
Hard fought victory 💪@TommyPaul1 digs deep to get past Quinn 6-4 5-7 6-4 and secures a spot in the last 8.@DALOpenTennis | #DALOpen pic.twitter.com/A7lXnvTmFu
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- This is just getting beyond ridiculous!! Not to mention unsportsmanlike and unfair to serious up & coming contenders.mandoist06-02-2025
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Sueiyin04-02-2025 - "If Novak did this, he would be defaulted for life. WTF." 🤣 WTF sounds like What Tennis Fury?! What Tennis Flurry??! I mean, se-rious-ly, it was actually the unfairness of the silly umpire's decision that is the issue here! Further, how come it was Gurin & his team who got disqualified? If this kind of thing happens in soccer, it would be the other guy getting the yellow or red card! Because after all, it was the Belgian who's foul it was so why then penalize the opponents for something they didn't instigate? Fouls in both basketball and soccer are read as a hinderance that has been caused by the player who INITIALLY instigated the hinderance. In this case, okay, it is tennis, but while the precise rules are different to either soccer or basketball, the same type of recognition as to whoever instigates a hinderance should apply, and in this case, it was the Belgian player.Sueiyin04-02-2025
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