Lorenzo Sonego grounds Alex Michelsen 6-0 6-3 in the final in Salem Open on Saturday after playing an impressive match to win his 5th career title, the 2nd of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 3 minutes. This is the first time that Sonego conquered this tournament. His most significant achievement in this event so far was reaching the 3rd round. Here you can see when his history at this event.

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Lorenzo added $ 45,625 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 107,060 in total after winning this tournament.

Highlights Lorenzo Sonego vs. Alex Michelsen Winston-Salem Open – Winston-Salem

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sonego
Michelsen
6-0 6-3
1h:03
54
54
Total points
30
30
27
27
Winners
12
12
50%
50%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
76%
76%
1st in
63%
63%
87%
87%
1st won
44%
44%
27/31
27/31
1st won
12/27
12/27
50%
50%
2nd won
56%
56%
5/10
5/10
2nd won
9/16
9/16
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
Total
0/0
0/0
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Lorenzo scored 54 points vs. the American’s 30.

Sonego

Lorenzo served extremely well to win 87% of the points (27/31) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (5/10) on his second serve. The Italian didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).

Michelsen

On the other side, Michelsen wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Sonego and Michelsen is 2-0 for Lorenzo.

This was the 4th career title for Lorenzo. He won the previous title in Salem Open. (see list of titles and finals). This was The American’s 3rd final after he lost in Newport 2023, in Newport 2024 and in Salem Open 2024. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Sonego 6-0
SonegoMichelsen
6
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
SonegoMichelsen
6
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SonegoMichelsen
5
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
SonegoMichelsen
4
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
SonegoMichelsen
3
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
SonegoMichelsen
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
SonegoMichelsen
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

This set was a no-contest because Sonego conceded no games to Michelsen before winning the set 6-0.

Lorenzo failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 30.

Lorenzo converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd

(1-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 39 points. Sonego was the one to win the set after conquering 17 more points than Michelsen (28-11). Sonego dropped 6 points on serve (16-6). On the losing side, Alex conceded 12 points on serve (5-12).

2nd Set -
Sonego 6-3
SonegoMichelsen
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
SonegoMichelsen
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
SonegoMichelsen
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
SonegoMichelsen
4
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SonegoMichelsen
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
SonegoMichelsen
3
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
SonegoMichelsen
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
SonegoMichelsen
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Italian grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).

Lorenzo converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Lorenzo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 45 points. Lorenzo conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Alex (26-19). Lorenzo was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, the American conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).

1st
Sonego
Michelsen
6-0
6
0
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Sonego
Michelsen
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0