Alex Michelsen gets by Marton Fucsovics 7-6(3) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Salem Open on Tuesday. Michelsen will face off with Zizou Bergs in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 53 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alex added to his prize money $ 4,800 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 11,640 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add $ 8,735 to his earnings to get in total $ 20,375 in total.
Highlights Alex Michelsen vs. Marton Fucsovics Winston-Salem Open – Winston-Salem
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 80 points vs. Fucsovics’s 75.
Michelsen
Alex won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Fucsovics
On the other side, The Hungarian was absolutely great in converting the only break point that he converted. However, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this encounter, the head to head between Michelsen and Fucsovics is 1-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex Michelsen vs. Zizou Bergs – stats
Michelsen will square off with Bergs in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Michelsen and Zizou Bergs play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Michelsen (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Michelsen won 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the qualifications in Cincinnati back in August 2024.
Live score progression and stats
The American won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Michelsen broke back in the 6th (3-3) game to conquer the set 7-6.
Michelsen converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 5th game (2-3 40-A). On the other side, the Hungarian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They contested 95 points. It’s worth to point out that, The American won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Fucsovics (47-48). Michelsen lost 11 points on serve (22-11). on the other side of the court, the Hungarian conceded 25 points on serve (37-25).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Michelsen clinched in the 7th game (4-3) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
Alex converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Alex didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 60 points. The American won 4 more points than Fucsovics (32-28). Michelsen surrendered 12 points on serve (22-12). In addition, on the other side, the Hungarian conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).
Tennis Scores in Salem Open
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-62 6-2)
- Pavel KotovKotov – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 5-7 6-2)
- Learner TienTien – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-2 6-71 7-62)
- David GoffinGoffin – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-2 6-4)
- Juncheng ShangShang – Mariano NavoneNavone (7-5 6-3)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Dominic StrickerStricker (6-4 6-1)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-63 6-4)
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 6-4)
- Borna CoricCoric – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 6-4)
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 6-4)
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Hugo GastonGaston (6-1 6-4)
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-2 6-2)
- Zizou BergsBergs – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (4-6 7-5 6-3)
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-1 7-5)
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-65 2-6 6-1)
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Arthur CazauxCazaux (4-6 6-3 7-64)
Upcoming matches
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Borna CoricCoric – Rinky HijikataHijikata (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – David GoffinGoffin (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Zizou BergsBergs – (0-1) – H2H details and stats