
Flavio Cobolli survives Alex Michelsen 7-5 3-6 7-6(2) in the quarter in Washington on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Cobolli will clash against Ben Shelton in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 39 minutes.
Flavio added to his prize money $ 48,735 after winning this match. He has already won $ 101,975 as of now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Flavio will add $ 94,605 to his earnings to get in total $ 196,580.
Highlights Flavio Cobolli vs. Alex Michelsen Citi Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Cobolli won this encounter even if he won less points than Michelsen (105 vs. 109).
Cobolli
The Italian served pretty well to win 83% of the points (45/54) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 41% points (24/58) on his second serve. Flavio struck 17 aces and he committed 13 double faults. The Italian won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Michelsen
On the other side, Alex was not so effective in converting his break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Cobolli and Michelsen is 1-0 for Flavio.
Draw and next match H2H: Flavio Cobolli vs. Ben Shelton – stats
Cobolli will compete against Shelton in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Flavio Cobolli and Ben Shelton play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cobolli (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Cobolli won 4-6 7-61 6-2 in the 2nd round in Geneva back in May 2024.
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Ben SheltonShelton – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-65 6-6 ret.)
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-4 6-2)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 7-63)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-5 3-6 7-62)
Upcoming matches
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Sebastian KordaKorda (3-2) – H2H details and stats
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – (1-0) – H2H details and stats