MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tommy Paul ended Alejandro Davidovich Fokina’s run of comebacks at the Australian Open and reached his third Grand Slam quarterfinal with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 victory on Sunday.
Paul, an American seeded 12th at Melbourne Park, needed less than 1 1/2 hours to finish off a physically diminished opponent, who sought help from a trainer. There was no turnaround this time for the 66th-ranked Davidovich Fokina, who had won each of his last two matches despite dropping the first two sets in both.
“What he did is unreal the past couple matches. … To do it twice in a row is amazing,” Paul said.
But Paul won nearly twice as many points as his Spanish rival, 85 to 43.
