Tommy Paul has made very significant and steady progresses over the past few seasons, continuing to work on his game by adding new weapons. The American ace has skills very suitable for modern tennis and although he is competitive especially on hard courts he is practicing hard to become a complete and dangerous player on all surfaces.
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Tommy started 2025 very solidly, reaching the semifinals in Adelaide where he was defeated by Felix Auger-Aliassime at the end of a tough battle and reaching the quarterfinals at the Australian Open.
During his amazing run at Melbourne Park, the current world No. 9 defeated Japanese veteran Kei Nishikori, Spanish aces Carballes Baena and Davidovich Fokina, before surrendering to Alexander Zverev in four sets after several chances.
At the end of the match against Sascha, Paul analyzed his journey in Australia and admitted that he had some regrets about the world in which he managed some tense moments against the German.
Brad Stine on Tommy's rise
The American who entered the Top 10 of the ATP rankingfor the first time in his career thanks to his result at the AO debuted with a victory in Dallas this week and hopes to win his first title in 2025 right in front of his fans.
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Recently, coach Brad Stine who has been working with Tommy for almost six years revealed some secrets behind his player's rise: I think Tommys just become progressively more professional in his approach to things.
I would say that once he cracked the Top 100 and started to see the progress of moving up a little bit.
Brad also added: His best friends were in a position where he felt like he should be closer to those guys, competing with those guys at the levels they were at.
So thats been a little bit of something for him, chasing the other guys that were ahead of him. But I would say the biggest thing is just discipline, the discipline to do the right thing on and off the court.
