Alex Michelsen upsets Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Newport on Friday in what was an all-American affair. Michelsen will try to go further in the tournament when playing against John Isner in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes.
Michelsen added to his prize money $ 14,100 after winning this match. He has already won $ 33,525 until now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Alex will add $ 23,500 to his earnings to get in total $ 57,025.
Highlights Alex Michelsen vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald Infosys Hall of Fame Open – Newport
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:11
At the end of the match, Michelsen scored 63 points vs. Mackenzie’s 42.
Michelsen
Michelsen served exceptionally well to win 82% of the points (31/38) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 36% points (4/11) on his second serve. Michelsen won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Mcdonald
On the other side, Mackenzie wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Michelsen and Mcdonald is 1-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex Michelsen vs. John Isner – stats
Michelsen will compete against Isner in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and John Isner 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 Michelsen snatched in the 4th game (3-1) before finally winning the set (6-3).
Michelsen converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 10th game (6-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Alex didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 54 points. Michelsen was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Mcdonald (34-20). Michelsen lost 5 points on serve (20-5). On the losing side, Mcdonald conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
Michelsen had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Mackenzie Mcdonald in the 2nd game (2-0). However, there was more to do for Alex to win the set because Mackenzie succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) game. Alex kept his cool to break Mackenzie in the 9th (6-3) game.
Alex was unable to break Mcdonald in the 7th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Michelsen converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 4th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (4-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). Also, on the other side, Mackenzie converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 6th (1-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They contested 51 points. Michelsen was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Mackenzie (29-22). Michelsen lost 9 points on serve (15-9). On the losing side, Mackenzie conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).
Tennis Scores in Newport
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- John IsnerIsner – Tommy PaulPaul (4-6 6-3 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-0 6-74 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Kevin AndersonAnderson (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- John IsnerIsner – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (1-1) – H2H details and stats
