Alex Michelsen defeats Mattia Bellucci 6-3 7-6(1) in the 2nd round in Washington on Wednesday. Michelsen will play Seong Chan Hong in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes.
The American added to his prize money $ 12,695 after winning this match. He has already won $ 28,055 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add $ 25,185 to his earnings to get in total $ 53,240 in total.
Highlights Alex Michelsen vs. Mattia Bellucci Citi Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Michelsen scored 78 points vs. Mattia’s 62.
Michelsen
Michelsen won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Bellucci
On the other side, Mattia was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Michelsen and Bellucci is 1-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex Michelsen vs. Seong Chan Hong – stats
Michelsen will come up against Chan Hong in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Alex Michelsen and Seong Chan Hong clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Michelsen (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American conquered in the 4th game (3-1) just before eventually conquering the set (6-3).
The American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 59 points. Alex was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than the Italian (32-27). The American conceded 9 points on serve (23-9). on the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).
The American won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Alex broke back in the 5th (2-3) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-1.
Tiebreak
Alex won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1) and 8th (7-1) point.
Michelsen won the tiebreak 7-1 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1
The American converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Mattia converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 81 points. The American conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Mattia (46-35). Michelsen lost 12 points on serve (29-12). on the other side of the net, Mattia conceded 17 points on serve (23-17).
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 7-61)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-75 6-3)
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-64 7-63)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (3-6 7-63 6-4)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 6-3)
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 7-64)
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-66 7-66)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – David GoffinGoffin (7-64 6-3)
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Juncheng ShangShang (2-3 ret.)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (4-6 6-3 6-4)
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-2 6-4)
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 6-3)
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-2 6-1)
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-2)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-78 6-3 6-3)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 6-2)
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