Uncompromising Alex Michelsen breezes past Antoni Munar Clar in the 1st round to play vs Paul at the BNP Paribas Open – INDIAN WELLS RESULTS

BNP PARIBAS OPEN - INDIAN WELLS DRAW AND RESULTS. Michelsen routs Antoni Munar Clar to fight against Tommy Paul in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Jaume Antoni Munar Clar

Alex Michelsen extinguishes Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Indian Wells on Thursday after playing a terrific match to play Tommy Paul in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the qualifications in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Michelsen
Indian Wells
Michelsen's Record

Alex added to his prize money $ 11,950 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 42,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 17,100 to his earnings to get in total $ 59,100 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Michelsen
Clar
Alex Michelsen
6-2 6-3
1h:34
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar
72
72
Total points
54
54
34
34
Winners
20
20
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
71%
71%
1st in
57%
57%
72%
72%
1st won
59%
59%
34/47
34/47
1st won
20/34
20/34
53%
53%
2nd won
46%
46%
10/19
10/19
2nd won
12/26
12/26
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
0/2
0/2
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Alex scored 72 points vs. Jaume’s 54.

Michelsen

The American was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).

Antoni Munar Clar

On the other side, Antoni Munar Clar wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Michelsen and Antoni Munar Clar is 1-0 for Alex.

Draw and next match H2H: Alex Michelsen vs. Tommy Paul – stats

Michelsen will fight against Paul in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Alex Michelsen and Tommy Paul face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Paul (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Paul won 5-7 6-4 7-64 in the 2nd round in Delray Beach back in February 2024.

Alex Michelsen Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Michelsen 6-2
MichelsenClar
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MichelsenClar
6
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MichelsenClar
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MichelsenClar
4
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
MichelsenClar
3
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MichelsenClar
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
MichelsenClar
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MichelsenClar
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
MichelsenClar
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

Alex in this set was too good for Jaume and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Antoni Munar Clar in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Michelsen failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.

Jaume had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.

The American was spot on in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, the Spaniard wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 40-A).

They contested 64 points. Alex won 10 more points than Antoni Munar Clar (37-27). Michelsen conceded 14 points on serve (25-14). on the other side of the net, Antoni Munar Clar conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).

2nd Set -
Michelsen 6-3
MichelsenClar
6
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MichelsenClar
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MichelsenClar
4
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
MichelsenClar
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
MichelsenClar
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MichelsenClar
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
MichelsenClar
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MichelsenClar
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Alex conquered in the 8th game (5-3) just before finally winning the set (6-3).

Alex converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Antoni Munar Clar wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (3-5 40-A).

They contested 62 points. Alex was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the Spaniard (35-27). Michelsen dropped 8 points on serve (19-8). On the losing side, the Spaniard conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).

1st
Michelsen
Clar
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Michelsen
Clar
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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