On Tuesday in Melbourne, Tommy Paul did something no American man has washed-up in 14 years at the Australian Open: Whop to the tournament’s men’s singles semifinal round.
With the four-set victory over Ben Shelton on Day 10 of the Open, Paul moreover was worldly-wise to whop to his first-ever Grand Slam semifinal.
Andy Roddick had been the most recent American to towards in the Open’s semis but went on to lose in that round to Roger Federer. Now, Paul will squatter a similar rencontre when he faces Novak Djokovic, the odds-on favorite at BetMGM (-450) to win this year’s tournament.
TOMMY PAUL ADVANCES TO THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN SEMIFINAL
He is the first American man to reach the Australian Open semifinals since Andy Roddick in 2009
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Paul enters his match with Djokovic as the heavy underdog ( 1000), and his 2000 odds are the longest of any of the field’s four remaining players. The winner of the match will squatter either Stefanos Tsitsipas or Karen Khachanov in the final.
