By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday August 16, 2023
As Tommy Paul continues to make waves on the ATP Tour and nudge nearer to the Top 10, the 26-year-old says the rating isn’t actually on his thoughts. It’s the wins that he’s after.
“I think everyone else pays attention to it a lot more than I do,” he informed reporters, in accordance with Andrew Eichenholz of ATPTour.com. “It’s hard to not hear it. Like when I first showed up here, I see Frances and he’s in the locker room like, ‘Man, if anyone’s going to bump me out of the Top 10, I wanted it to be you.’ I was like, ‘Dude, I wasn’t even thinking about that.’”
Instead Paul is considering going through World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz for the second time in as many weeks. He produced a surprisingly good effort final week in Toronto and took out the Spaniard 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. It was Paul’s second win over Alcaraz in three tries.
To do it once more on Thursday in Cincinnati, Paul should up his sport as soon as once more.
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“He probably feels less pressure this week to play me than he did last week. So I think it’s going to be a very, very tricky and tough match,” Paul mentioned. “But I’m really looking forward to this.”
The American, who owns a 30-18 report in a season that noticed him attain his first profession Grand Slam semifinal on the Australian Open in January, expects Alcaraz to come back with just a few wrinkles.
“He’s not going to do the same exact thing,” Paul mentioned. “He’s going to probably look to change things up more than I am. But at the same time, with me and him I really do feel like it’s about who starts the point on offense more often.”
Paul, at the moment ranked 13, can surpass Alex de Minaur within the rankings with a victory on Thursday. If he acquired to the ultimate in Cincinnati, he may probably leap into the Top 10 forward of the US Open.
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