Carlos Alcaraz defeats Michelsen in the 1st round at the Japan Open Tennis Championships – TOKYO RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

Carlos Alcaraz hustles Alex Michelsen 7-6(1) 4-6 6-1 in the 1^st round in Tokyo on Thursday. Alcaraz will clash against Matteo Arnaldi in the 2^nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 31 minutes. The Spaniard won this tournament once in 2025. Here you can see his history at this event.

Tokyo

Alcaraz's Record

Carlos added to his prize money $ 15,985 after winning this match. He has already won $ 34,255 after this win. If he wins the next match, Carlos will add $ 29,915 to his earnings to get in total $ 64,170 in total.

Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alex Michelsen Japan Open Tennis Championships – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Alcaraz

Michelsen

7-6¹ 4-6 6-1
2h:31

107

107

Total points

93

93

39

39

Winners

38

38

36%

36%

Ratio Winners

41%

41%

-- Serve --

5

5

Aces

0

0

5

5

Double Faults

4

4

63%

63%

1st in

63%

63%

63%

63%

1st won

59%

59%

39/62

39/62

1st won

38/64

38/64

56%

56%

2nd won

42%

42%

20/36

20/36

2nd won

16/38

16/38

-- Break Points --

6/13

6/13

Total

5/13

5/13

46%

46%

Won

38%

38%

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At the end of the match, Alcaraz scored 107 points vs. Alex’s 93.

Alcaraz

The Spaniard won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.

Michelsen

On the other side, Michelsen was struggling when converting his break points (only 38% – 5/13). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Alcaraz and Michelsen is 1-0 for Carlos.

Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Matteo Arnaldi – stats

Alcaraz will face Arnaldi in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Matteo Arnaldi face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Alcaraz won 6-3 6-3 6-4 in the 4^th round in Us open back in 2023.

Live score progression and stats

Alcaraz won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 6^th (2-4) and in the 12^th (6-6) game, The Spaniard broke back in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-1.

Carlos failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.

Tiebreak

Carlos won 3 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 4^th (4-0) and 8^th (7-1) point.

Carlos won the tiebreak 7-1 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1

Carlos converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 7^th (2-4 40-A and 40-A), the 9^th (4-4 40-A) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Michelsen converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had his opportunities in the 6^th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 10^th (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12^th game (5-6 30-40).

They played 97 points. Alcaraz was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Michelsen (52-45). Alcaraz lost 17 points on serve (27-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Alex conceded 25 points on serve (28-25).

Alcaraz conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Alex Michelsen in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Michelsen to win the set because Carlos found the way to break back in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 6^th (4-2) game. Alex kept his focus to break the Spaniard in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Alcaraz had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-4 to 6-4. Notwithstanding also the Spaniard won 4 consecutive games from 0-2 to 4-2

Michelsen was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3^rd (2-0 30-40), the 7^th (2-4 30-40) and the 9^th game (4-4 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Carlos was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4^th (1-2 30-40), the 5^th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10^th game (4-5 40-A and 40-A).

They played 69 points. Alex was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Alcaraz (38-31). The American conceded 14 points on serve (20-14). on the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 18 points on serve (17-18).

Alcaraz was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Alex Michelsen in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Spaniard managed to boost his lead after breaking Alex in the 4^th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

A defining moment of this set was when the Spaniard won 5 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Carlos was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2^nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4^th game (3-0 0-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 34 points. Carlos conquered the set after winning 14 points more than the American (24-10). The Spaniard was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Michelsen conceded 8 points on serve (6-8).

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• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-4 6-4)
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Taylor FritzFritz (6-7⁷ 6-4 6-3)
• Jaime FariaFaria – Arthur FeryFery (6-4 3-6 6-4)
• Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Holger RuneRune (6-3 6-1)
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (4-6 6-3 6-4)
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-6¹ 4-6 6-1)
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-3 6-2)
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (7-5 6-1)
• Luciano DarderiDarderi – Casper RuudRuud (7-6³ 6-3)
• Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Rafael JodarJodar (6-1 6-3)
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Tommy PaulPaul (6-1 6-2)
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Alexander BlockxBlockx (7-6² 7-6⁴)
• Arthur FilsFils – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-3 6-2)
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (2-6 6-4 6-4)

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