Alex Michelsen bests Tennys Sandgren 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the 1st round in Dallas on Tuesday in what was an all-American match. Michelsen will engage against Frances Tiafoe in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 56 minutes.
Michelsen added to his prize money $ 5,160 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 13,270 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add $ 9,580 to his earnings to get in total $ 22,850 in total.
Highlights Alex Michelsen vs. Tennys Sandgren Dallas Open – Dallas
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:56
At the end of the match, Alex scored 85 points vs. Tennys’s 72.
Michelsen
Alex served pretty well to win 76% of the points (42/55) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (13/23) on his second serve. Michelsen blasted 12 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Alex won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Sandgren
On the other side, Sandgren had some problems converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Michelsen and Sandgren is 2-1 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex Michelsen vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats
Michelsen will fight against Tiafoe in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Frances Tiafoe since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Alex grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) before finally winning the set (6-3).
Tennys was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Alex converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Tennys wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They contested 62 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Michelsen won just 2 more points than Sandgren (32-30). Michelsen conceded 10 points on serve (22-10). On the other side, Tennys conceded 10 points on serve (20-10).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Sandgren clinched in the 6th game (4-2) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Tennys was flawless in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Alex was unerring in converting all his break points in the 9th game (3-5 40-A and 40-A).
They played 62 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Sandgren won just 2 more points than Alex (32-30). Tennys conceded 9 points on serve (20-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Michelsen conceded 12 points on serve (21-12).
Michelsen was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Tennys Sandgren in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Michelsen extended his lead after breaking Tennys in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Michelsen converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Alex didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 33 points. Michelsen won 13 points more than Tennys (23-10). Michelsen was perfect on serve to drop only 1 point during his serving games (12-1). Regarding the other side of the net, Sandgren conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).
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