What Tommy Paul told Jessica Pegula about his loss to Seb Korda in the Delray Beach final
“I saw Tommy [Paul] today at the gym, and he said that the final, which I heard was crazy windy, insanely windy. He’s like, you either have a good attitude in the wind or a bad attitude in the wind,” Pegula shared.
“He said, I didn’t quite have a great attitude in the wind.
“There’s never both players happy about the wind situation, it’s always one dealing with it fine, and one ready to lose their mind.
“So he kind of implied, a little bit, that the conditions were bothering him a little bit.
“I heard people say, on TV, as well, that it was crazy windy. Which it is down by the beach… It gets very windy.
Paul struggled with injuries throughout 2025 after reaching his career-high ranking of eighth earlier in the year. Those setbacks caused him to fall out of the top 20.
The American now sits 24th in the ATP rankings and is more than 1,500 points outside of the top ten.
Who Tommy Paul could face at Indian Wells
Heading into the first Masters 1000 event of the year, Paul received a bye into the second round.
He’ll open his tournament against either Zizou Bergs or Jan-Lennard Struff.
Paul will be expected to get through that match, but things could get trickier in the third round.
The American could then come up against either Raphael Collignon, Joao Fonseca or Karen Khachanov.
Collignon is a talented player on his day, but it’s Fonseca and Khachanov who will pose more of a threat to Paul. Fonseca pushed him close during their previous ATP Tour meeting at last year’s Madrid Open.
Even though Paul holds a 3-0 head-to-head record over Khachanov, the Russian has shown strong form this year and is always tough to beat.
If he makes it through to the fourth round, Paul’s path doesn’t get any easier. Standing in his way could be Jannik Sinner – a four-time Grand Slam winner and former world number one.