Alex Michelsen stuns James Duckworth 4-6 6-3 6-0 in the 2nd round in Newport on Wednesday. Michelsen will seek to keep on going in this event against Mackenzie Mcdonald in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes.
The American added to his prize money $ 8,145 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 19,425 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add $ 14,100 to his earnings to get in total $ 33,525 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:55
At the end of the match, the American scored 92 points vs. the Australian’s 72.
Michelsen
Alex won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 43% (6/14) of the procured opportunities.
Duckworth
On the other side, Duckworth was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Michelsen and Duckworth is 1-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex Michelsen vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald – stats
Michelsen will square off with Mcdonald in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Mackenzie Mcdonald since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Michelsen didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking James Duckworth in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Duckworth to win the set because Michelsen found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Australian kept his cool to break Alex in the 10th (6-4) game.
Duckworth failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
The Australian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, Alex was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 30-40).
They played 67 points. James was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Alex (37-30). The Australian dropped 11 points on serve (22-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Alex conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
The American won the set after he broke James in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Alex failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
Duckworth had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Alex converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 6th (3-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Australian was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 40-A).
They played 66 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 14 points more than James (40-26). Michelsen conceded 9 points on serve (24-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Duckworth conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).
The Australian was unable to hold the serve for the entire set and Michelsen won the set 6-0.
Alex converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Alex didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 31 points. The American conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Duckworth (22-9). Michelsen dropped 5 points on serve (10-5). on the other side of the net, James conceded 12 points on serve (4-12).
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