{"id":19467,"date":"2024-02-11T00:21:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T05:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/americans-tommy-paul-marcos-giron-advance-to-dallas-open-final\/11\/02\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-11T00:21:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T05:21:36","slug":"americans-tommy-paul-marcos-giron-advance-to-dallas-open-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/americans-tommy-paul-marcos-giron-advance-to-dallas-open-final\/11\/02\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Tommy Paul, Marcos Giron advance to Dallas Open final"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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DALLAS — Second-seeded Tommy Paul<\/a> and unseeded Marcos Giron<\/a> won in straight sets Saturday to set up an all-American final in the Dallas Open.<\/p>\n

Paul beat No. 3 seed Ben Shelton<\/a> of the U.S., 6-2, 6-4, and Giron rolled over a seeded opponent again, beating No. 4 seed Adrian Mannarino<\/a> of France, 6-1, 6-3, in the semifinals.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old Giron, who beat top-seeded American Frances Tiafoe<\/a> in the quarterfinals, is seeking his first ATP Tour title Sunday in his second trip to a final. Paul’s only title came in 2021 in Stockholm.<\/p>\n

Paul won the final four games of the first set before a break early in the second set held up against the 21-year-old Shelton in the hardcourt event on the SMU campus.<\/p>\n

Giron took a 4-0 lead in the first set a day after going up 5-0 in a straight-set win over Tiafoe, who was the highest-ranked player in the tournament at No. 14.<\/p>\n

The first break of the second set came when Giron made a lunging save with a forehand, then ran down Mannarino’s volley for a backhand crosscourt passing shot and a 5-3 lead.<\/p>\n

Giron, who hasn’t lost a service game in four matches in the tournament, had little trouble closing out the match on his serve.<\/p>\n

With three victories over seeded opponents, Giron has a chance to surpass his career-best ranking of 49th from 2022, when Giron lost his only previous final in San Diego.<\/p>\n

Giron reached the semifinals in Dallas two years ago, losing a three-setter to Jenson Brooksby<\/a> while having match points. The final two sets went to tiebreakers.<\/p>\n

“That stuck with me, and that’s hard,” Giron said. “I have experience. I know what it’s like to lose. I know what it’s like to win. Having a big win yesterday was awesome, and I’m really, really happy to be able to come back today.”<\/p>\n

Paul reached two finals last year, losing in a grass-court event at Eastbourne and a hardcourt tournament in Acapulco.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old Paul converted three of eight break points against the hard-serving Giron while saving all three break points he faced.<\/p>\n

The 15th-ranked Paul, who stopped a six-match losing streak against top 20 opponents, had dropped his previous two matches against Shelton, who is No. 16.<\/p>\n

“Obviously, his serve is unbelievable,” Paul said. “These courts kind of help me a little bit. You don’t have to jump in quite as high. Kind of kept the ball in my strike zone. I knew I had to play a lot of balls in the court.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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DALLAS — Second-seeded Tommy Paul and unseeded Marcos Giron won in straight sets Saturday to set up an all-American final in the