Alex Michelsen soars past Reilly Opelka 6-2 6-0 in the semifinal in Newport on Saturday in what was an all-American match after playing a marvellous match to come up against Marcos Giron in the final. The match lasted just 59 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.
Michelsen added to his prize money $ 24,190 after winning this match. He has already won $ 58,700 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add $ 41,935 to his earnings to get in total $ 100,635 in total.
Highlights Alex Michelsen vs. Reilly Opelka Infosys Hall of Fame Open – Newport
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
0h:59
At the end of the match, Alex scored 57 points vs. Reilly’s 32.
Michelsen
Alex served exceptionally well to win 85% of the points (23/27) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (7/14) on his second serve. Michelsen was pretty good at converting 56% of the break points that he procured (5/9).
Opelka
On the other side, Reilly wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Michelsen and Opelka is 1-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex Michelsen vs. Marcos Giron – stats
Michelsen will face Giron in the final.
There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Marcos Giron since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Newport
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-2 6-0)
- Marcos GironGiron – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 3-6 6-2)
