Alex Michelsen rolls over Zizou Bergs 6-1 6-2 in the 3rd round in Salem Open on Wednesday after playing a fantastic match to play Christopher Eubanks in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Michelsen added to his prize money $ 8,735 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 20,375 after this win. If he wins the next match, Michelsen will add $ 14,905 to his earnings to get in total $ 35,280 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:16
At the end of the match, Alex scored 62 points vs. the Belgian’s 43.
Michelsen
Michelsen served pretty well to win 76% of the points (28/37) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (8/16) on his second serve. Michelsen won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Bergs
On the other side, Zizou wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Michelsen and Bergs is 2-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex Michelsen vs. Christopher Eubanks – stats
Michelsen will take on Eubanks in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Michelsen and Christopher Eubanks face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Eubanks (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Michelsen had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Zizou Bergs in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The American reinforced his lead after breaking Zizou in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Zizou was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-1 to 6-1.
Michelsen converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (4-1 40-A) and the 8th game (6-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Belgian was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (1-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 58 points. The American won 10 points more than the Belgian (34-24). Michelsen surrendered 12 points on serve (20-12). on the other side of the court, Zizou conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
Michelsen had a favorable start in this set after breaking Zizou Bergs in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was sufficient for Alex to win the set (6-2) as there were no other breaks.
Alex converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th game (3-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 47 points. Michelsen conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Bergs (28-19). The American dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Bergs conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).
Tennis Scores in Salem Open
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-3 1-6 7-68)
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Borna CoricCoric (3-6 6-3 7-5)
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 4-6 6-3)
- David GoffinGoffin – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 6-3)
- Pavel KotovKotov – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (3-6 6-3 6-4)
- Learner TienTien – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-4 6-3)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Zizou BergsBergs (6-1 6-2)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Juncheng ShangShang (w/o)
Upcoming matches
- Pavel KotovKotov – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – David GoffinGoffin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
