#NextGenATP Alex Michelsen is aiming to go one step additional than final 12 months’s runner-up end on the Infosys Corridor of Fame Open, the place on Tuesday the third seed defeated 2022 champion Maxime Cressy 6-4, 6-4.
Seeded at an ATP Tour occasion for the primary time, the 19-year-old started his Newport marketing campaign in the identical means he did in 2023: beating countryman Cressy, although Michelsen acquired a first-round bye this 12 months.
Michelsen, World No. 61 within the PIF ATP Rankings, broke Cressy’s serve to like at 3-3 in each units and fended off the 2 break factors he confronted, in response to Infosys ATP Stats, to enhance to 2-1 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence with the 27-year-old.
“I actually like that I did not get my serve damaged. A pair tight service video games, he performed a pair actually good return video games and I used to be in a position to weasel out,” stated Michelsen. “Actually lucky to get out of this one 4 and 4. Max is a really powerful out on grass. Actually pleased with the win.”
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Into his fourth quarter-final of the 12 months, Michelsen subsequent faces one other American: Aleksandar Kovacevic, who overcame seventh seed Arthur Rinderknech 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
Michelsen is fourth within the PIF ATP Stay Race To Jeddah. The California native is aiming for a return journey to the 20-and-under Subsequent Gen ATP Finals offered by PIF, which runs from 18-22 December in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Reilly Opelka continued his comeback in his first ATP Tour look since 2022 Washington by upsetting high seed and defending champion Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. The 6’11” wild card hammered 19 aces to advance to his first grass-court quarter-final.
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