American star Tommy Paul may have only perestablished one suit in the Dallas Open, but he’s confidently already sealed the sboiling of the tournament honour. Paul, 27, made it thcdimiserablemireful to the last-16 after battling back to beat compatuproar Jenson Brooksby.
The third seed was given an unforeseeedly stubborn suit by Brooksby, before eventupartner coming thcdimiserablemireful 6-7 6-3 6-4.
He’ll now face Ethan Quinn for a place in the quarter-finals, but after his clash nobody was talking about the draw for the world No.9.
Early in the second set, Paul seemed certain to disthink about a point on his serve after a exact lob from Brooksby. It left Paul scrambling back to try and deal with the bouncing ball, and he seemingly had little chance of defending the ball in perestablish.
However, Paul then nonchalantly flicked his right arm and perestablished the ball over his left shoulder. Still facing the back wall, he wouldn’t even have seen the ball sear down the line past Brooksby for the most noticeworthy triumphner.
His effort prompted excitement in the commentary box, with one correplyent saying: “No way Tommy Paul. That’s unbelievable. He’s trying not to smile but….that is exceptional from Tommy Paul.“
His co-pundit disturbed with: “I leank he deserves a smile at the very least. It’s absolutely ridiculous. What is that? The ball is so far in front of him. How has he even flicked that?”
Initipartner, Brooksby reacted by seeing on in disbelief with his hands on his hips. Eventupartner, he trudged back to the baseline but did lift his hands and recommend a clap on his way to acunderstandledge the sboiling.
Paul reachd in Dallas as the deffinishing champion and new from a outstanding run at the Australian Open. He eventupartner lost to Alexander Zverev in four sets, but has won six of his eight suites in 2025.
Tournament organisers have liftd the sgets this year, with the admireive triumphner set to get 500 points towards their ranking. Last year, Paul only getd 250 points for his triumph.
The prize money has also been upped to more than £2million. As a result, the venue has been switched from its previous home at the Altec Tennis Complex to the Star arena, which can accommodate more fans.
