Alex Michelsen defeats Maxime Cressy 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Newport on Wednesday in what was an all-American match. Michelsen will play Aleksandar Kovacevic in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the final in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alex added to his prize money $ 8,385 after winning this match. He has already won $ 19,995 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add $ 14,515 to his earnings to get in total $ 34,510 in total.
Highlights Alex Michelsen vs. Maxime Cressy Infosys Hall of Fame Open – Newport
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:22
At the end of the match, Alex scored 62 points vs. Cressy’s 48.
Michelsen
Michelsen served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (27/35) behind his first serve, and he won 76% points (16/21) on his second serve. Alex was pretty effective at converting 67% of the break points that he procured (2/3).
Cressy
On the other side, Cressy wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Michelsen and Cressy is 2-1 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex Michelsen vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic – stats
Michelsen will fight against Kovacevic in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Alex Michelsen and Aleksandar Kovacevic play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Michelsen (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Michelsen won 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Geneva back in May 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Michelsen clinched in the 7th game (4-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Alex was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-3 0-40). On the other side, Alex didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Alex won just 3 points more than Maxime (30-27). Alex conceded 6 points on serve (22-6). On the losing side, Cressy conceded 8 points on serve (21-8).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Alex clinched in the 7th game (4-3) just before finally conquering the set (6-4).
Michelsen converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 0-40). On the other side, Maxime was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 53 points. Michelsen was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Maxime (32-21). Alex conceded 7 points on serve (21-7). On the other side, Maxime conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).
Tennis Scores in Newport
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Maxime CressyCressy (6-4 6-4)
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 3-6 7-5)
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 3-6 6-4)
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Billy HarrisHarris (6-3 6-4)
- Alex BoltBolt – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-62 6-4)
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-2 7-63)
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Ethan QuinnQuinn (7-64 3-6 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Benoit PairePaire – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Christopher EubanksEubanks (2-1) – H2H details and stats
