Alex Michelsen survives Christopher Eubanks 7-5 6-7(6) 7-6(5) in the quarter in Salem Open on Thursday after winning a huge battle in what was an all-American encounter. Michelsen will have to play Pablo Carreno-Busta in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Michelsen added to his prize money $ 14,905 after winning this match. He has already won $ 35,280 as of now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Michelsen will add $ 26,155 to his earnings to get in total $ 61,435.
Highlights Alex Michelsen vs. Christopher Eubanks Winston-Salem Open – Winston-Salem
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Michelsen scored 115 points vs. Eubanks’s 105.
Michelsen
Alex served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (61/79) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (16/32) on his second serve. Alex didn’t lose the concentration in converting 80% of the break points that he procured (4/5).
Eubanks
On the other side, Eubanks was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (3/6). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Michelsen and Eubanks is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex Michelsen vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta – stats
Michelsen will play Carreno-Busta in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Pablo Carreno-Busta since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Salem Open
- David GoffinGoffin – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-3)
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Learner TienTien (6-4 6-2)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-5 6-76 7-65)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Pavel KotovKotov (6-3 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- David GoffinGoffin – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – (0-0) – H2H details and stats