This was Tommy Paul’s match — even with No. 1 Jannik Sinner standing on the other side of the net — at Arthur Ashe Stadium. All he had to do was manage to pull off the upset.
The buzz was palpable from early in the first set. The “USA” chants. Some “let’s go Tommy” lines mixed in, too. This was Tommy Paul’s match — even with No. 1 Jannik Sinner standing on the other side of the net — on Tommy Paul’s night at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
All he had to do was pull off the upset.
For two sets, that remained a possibility, even as Paul dropped two tiebreaks and played Sinner just as close as he possibly could without reversing that scoreline.
