Alex Michelsen conquers Tallon Griekspoor 6-1 5-7 6-2 in the 1st round in Cincinnati on Tuesday. Michelsen will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Jannik Sinner in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes.

Cincinnati
Michelsen's Record

Michelsen added to his prize money $ 21,865 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 49,030 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add $ 42,405 to his earnings to get in total $ 91,435 in total.

Highlights Alex Michelsen vs. Tallon Griekspoor Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Michelsen
Griekspoor
6-1 5-7 6-2
1h:46
90
90
Total points
61
61
42
42
Winners
31
31
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
6
6
1
1
Double Faults
7
7
66%
66%
1st in
58%
58%
88%
88%
1st won
69%
69%
42/48
42/48
1st won
31/45
31/45
60%
60%
2nd won
42%
42%
15/25
15/25
2nd won
14/33
14/33
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
Total
1/3
1/3
40%
40%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Michelsen scored 90 points vs. the Dutch’s 61.

Michelsen

Alex served very well to win 88% of the points (42/48) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (15/25) on his second serve. Alex blasted 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. The American won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.

Griekspoor

On the other side, the Dutch had some problems converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Michelsen and Griekspoor is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Alex Michelsen vs. Jannik Sinner – stats

Michelsen will compete against Sinner in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Jannik Sinner since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

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

Michelsen had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Tallon Griekspoor in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Michelsen extended his lead after breaking the Dutch in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of this set was when the American won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

The American converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 44 points. Alex was the one to win the set after conquering 16 points more than Griekspoor (30-14). Alex was incredibly sharp on serve to drop just 1 point during his serving games (16-1). On the other side, the Dutch conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).

2nd Set -
Griekspoor 7-5
GriekspoorMichelsen
7
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
GriekspoorMichelsen
7
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
GriekspoorMichelsen
6
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
GriekspoorMichelsen
5
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
GriekspoorMichelsen
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
GriekspoorMichelsen
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
GriekspoorMichelsen
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
GriekspoorMichelsen
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
GriekspoorMichelsen
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
GriekspoorMichelsen
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
GriekspoorMichelsen
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
GriekspoorMichelsen
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Tallon snatched in the 12th game (7-5) prior to eventually conquering the set (7-5).

Tallon failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.

Griekspoor wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 40-A). On the other side, Michelsen was flawless in converting all his break points in the 13th

game (4-7 0-40 and 15-40).

They contested 64 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Dutch won this set even if he scored less points 6 than Alex (29-35). Griekspoor conceded 12 points on serve (21-12). In addition, on the other side, Michelsen conceded 8 points on serve (23-8).

3rd Set -
Michelsen 6-2
MichelsenGriekspoor
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MichelsenGriekspoor
5
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
MichelsenGriekspoor
5
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MichelsenGriekspoor
4
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
MichelsenGriekspoor
4
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MichelsenGriekspoor
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
MichelsenGriekspoor
2
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

Michelsen enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Tallon Griekspoor in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. That break was sufficient for Alex to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks.

Michelsen converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4

break points opportunities in the 3rd game (2-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Tallon was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 43 points. Michelsen was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Griekspoor (25-18). Michelsen dropped 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the court, Tallon conceded 7 points on serve (11-7).

1st
Michelsen
Griekspoor
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Michelsen
Griekspoor
5-7
5
7
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Michelsen
Griekspoor
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0

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