Jannik Sinner exterminates Alex Michelsen 6-4 6-0 6-2 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday after playing an extraordinary match to fight against Christopher O Connell in the 3rd round. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Jannik added to his prize money $ 75,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 215,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Jannik will add $ 110,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Alex Michelsen U.S. Open – New York
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Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Sinner and Michelsen is 2-0 for Jannik.
Draw and next match H2H: Jannik Sinner vs. Christopher O Connell – stats
Sinner will take on O Connell in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Jannik Sinner and Christopher O Connell fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Sinner and O Connell (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Sinner won 6-4 6-3 in the 4th round in Miami back in March 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Sinner didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Alex Michelsen in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Jannik to win the set as Michelsen managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Jannik maintained his cool to break Alex in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Jannik converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 0-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the American converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 62 points. Sinner won 6 points more than Michelsen (34-28). Jannik conceded 13 points on serve (17-13). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).
There was not much story in this set because Jannik conceded no games to Alex before winning the set 6-0.
The Italian converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 5th game (4-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Jannik didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 35 points. The Italian conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Alex (24-11). Jannik surrendered 5 points on serve (12-5). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 12 points on serve (6-12).
The Italian in this set played much better tennis than Michelsen and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Michelsen in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Michelsen was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Jannik converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 41 points. Jannik was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than Michelsen (27-14). The Italian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). On the losing side, the American conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 6-0 6-2)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-62 6-1 7-5)
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-2 6-4 6-4)
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-3 6-4 6-4)
- Casper RuudRuud – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-2 2-6 7-63)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 7-61 6-1)
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-2 6-4 6-0)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-1 2-0 ret.)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (4-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 6-2)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (3-6 6-4 6-4 2-6 7-5)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Laslo DjereDjere (6-4 6-4 2-0 ret.)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-75 0-6 6-4 6-4 7-5)
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Ugo HumbertHumbert (5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4)
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-3 4-6 6-4 1-6 6-3)
- Juncheng ShangShang – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-2 6-3 7-62)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-1 7-64)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 7-65 6-1)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-1 1-0 ret.)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-4 6-4 6-2)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 6-2 6-4)
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