Alex Michelsen survives Richard Gasquet 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 7-6(8) in the 2nd round in Metz on Tuesday after winning a huge battle. Michelsen will seek to keep on going in this event against Bu Yunchaokete or Jesper De Jong in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 44 minutes.
The American added to his prize money € 7,345 after winning this match. He has already won € 17,510 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add € 12,710 to his earnings to get in total € 30,220 in total.
Highlights Alex Michelsen vs. Richard Gasquet Moselle Open – Metz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 127 points vs. the French player’s 122.
Michelsen
Alex struck 13 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Michelsen won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 17% (1/6) of the procured opportunities.
Gasquet
On the other side, Gasquet was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Michelsen and Gasquet is 1-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex Michelsen vs. Bu Yunchaokete or Jesper De Jong – stats
Michelsen will fight against either Bu Yunchaokete or Jesper De Jong in the 3rd round. The head to head is 1-0 vs. Bu Yunchaokete and 0-0 vs. Jesper De Jong.
Tennis Scores in Metz
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (7-62 5-7 6-3)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-74 7-63 7-68)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-63 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Quentin HalysHalys (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Corentin MoutetMoutet (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Zizou BergsBergs – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H details and stats