Tommy Paul vs. John Millman – Prediction – ATP Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) 30.10.2020

H2H: Tommy Paul v John Millman – comparison.

Neither of them is playing their best tennis in recent months, and neither is expected to have any significant advantage in the pair’s first-ever meeting.

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John Millman registered only his fourth win since the restart by defeating fellow struggler Fernando Verdasco in the second round of ATP Nur Sultan, 6-3 6-4. The Aussie is seeded #4 in the main draw and got a bye in the first round. Last week in ATP Cologne as well, the 31-year-old John Millman kickstarted his campaign by defeating Fernando Verdasco in the first round but was unfortunate to run into the in-form and eventual champion Alexander Zverev in the second round (lost 0-6 6-3 3-6).

The last time John Millman got a bye in the first round on the main tour was in Winston Salem 2019, where he lost to the American Steve Johnson in the quarterfinal. Since then, he has gone 1-1 in the quarterfinal matches on the main tour. Former world #33 John Millman has won four Challenger titles on indoor hard courts so far in his career but never made it to the semifinals on the main tour. His only previous quarterfinal appearance on the surface in tour-level events ended in a three-set defeat at the hands of Paul Henri Mathieu in Montpellier 2016.

After making a sensational comeback in the first set of his first-round match against Stefano Travaglia, Tommy Paul delivered a thumping straight-set win over Radu Albot in the second round on Wednesday, 7-6 6-3 and 6-4 6-0, respectively. Like many other quarterfinalists in Nur Sultan this week, this is the first time the American youngster has registered back-to-back main draw wins on the main tour since the restart. The former Boys’ French Open champion, Tommy Paul made a bright start to the season by reaching the semifinals in Adelaide (as a qualifier) and quarterfinals in Acapulco (as a qualifier) but lost all the momentum during the break and has been struggling to win matches since the restart.

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