By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_now | Sunday, May 25, 2025
Photo Credit: International BNL D’Italia
By rotating his wheels in the opening set, Tommy Paul found his feet, accelerated his swing, and was loaded in Roland Garros’s second round.
Amidst an unruly wind, Paul softened the lucky Danish loser Elmer Moller 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3, 6-1.
Strengthered by his run in his second direct semi -finals of Rome, Paul scored his seventh victory in his last nine matches of Argila. His only two losses in that space came against the world number 1 Jannik Sinner in Rome’s semifinal and for the Indian Wells Jack Draper champion in Madrid.
On a day on which two compatriots – no. With 28 seed Nakashima and no. 32-Seeded Alex Michelsen Fell to court no. 14 – Paul joined his former roommate Reilly Opelka, gathering in the second round. Opelka crossed Aussie The unclear hijika 1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (3).
The 12th Paul of the seed will try to continue moving in the second round against the 33-year-old Hungarian MARTON FUCSOVich.
Unlike many American men, Paul is a quiet moving in dirt.
Boys champion Roland Garros of 2015 grew up playing in Har-TRU (American Green-Clay) at a Tennis Health Club, his parents owned in Greenville, NC
Asked today about the art of the slide, Paul said he descends in the judicial sense and separate decisions.
“Definitely is definitely an advantage of being able to move with confidence and slide with confidence,” Paul told the media in Paris. “I mean, there are times to slide and hit, and there are times to hit and slip.
“Being able to make those decisions in separate seconds is very important. I mean, moving in general in this sport is almost everything. It is so important. You have to be able to move as much as possible. This can eventually help me.
Paul is a dynamic moving on all surfaces and has learned to use its speed as an offensive weapon rather than a relapse capacity.
During his run to the Final Four, Rome, Paul generated global titles that separated his beloved Ford F-150 truck was reprinted from his way-a moment he examined disbelief through the security camera video while in the eternal city.
The 28-year-old resident in Florida said today he changed the banks and just forgot to update his automatic salary-even Paul admitted that he was surprised by how soon he did.
“I just changed the banking and forgot to make automatic wages in my truck. I missed I think it was like three payments,” Paul told the media in Paris. “They came and got it. I didn’t know it happened like that.”
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A little digital detective work helped Paul see his truck was reprinted and not stolen as he was initially afraid.
“I am turning and moving and seeing what happened to my truck. I am like, what the hell is it happening?” Paul said. “There’s an attractive truck coming and getting my car. I thought it was stolen at first.
“My first thought wasn’t like, you know, automatic payments (laughter). But yes, she ended up repo’d.”
The regaining of his Ford F-150 truck has sparked two changes in Paul: he is more diligent for monitoring the vehicle and he has become a thirsty viewer of reality repo television shows.
“I don’t know how soon they would come and catch him, as in the middle of the night,” Paul said. “Now I’m looking at all these repo shows where they enter and plunge trucks at 1am. Definitely is definitely a funny experience. Being in Europe while it happened is even more crazy. But we got it again.”
Playing tennis with all court, Paul developed through a 6-1 opening set against Sinner in Rome’s semifinal just to see world No.1 leave the American in the dust winning 12 of the last 15 games.
A sincere Paul said that the sinner not only beat him, he “exposed” him a little, but he hopes to learn from that loss of Rome and at least match his best outcome in Paris, a third round run last year.
“There were some things he did that exposed me a little. I really don’t want to go too deep in it because I don’t want to give it all,” Paul said. “I mean, he made some changes to the matches that were excellent.
“I failed to fix like him. He seizes his level a ton. I think he won 9 or 10 in a row, which means it hurts in the middle of the match.
“I mean, someone earlier asked me earlier during the week, how good you feel after winning the first 6-1 set. I told those I felt good for five minutes, but then I lost nine games.
