Jordan Thompson dispatches Alex Michelsen 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Brisbane on Wednesday. Thompson will face off with Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Australian added to his prize money $ 7,730 after winning this match. He has already won $ 18,685 after this win. If he wins the next match, Thompson will add $ 14,370 to his earnings to get in total $ 33,055 in total.
Highlights Jordan Thompson vs. Alex Michelsen Brisbane International – Brisbane
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Thompson scored 70 points vs. Alex’s 55.
Thompson
The Australian served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (28/37) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (15/23) on his second serve. The Australian was effective when converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).
Michelsen
On the other side, Alex was battling in converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Thompson and Michelsen is 3-0 for Jordan.
Draw and next match H2H: Jordan Thompson vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats
Thompson will fight against Dimitrov in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Jordan Thompson and Grigor Dimitrov fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Thompson won 7-5 7-5 in the 3rd round in Miami back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Thompson didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Alex Michelsen in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the Australian was not done to come back to break Alex in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
The American was not able to offer any resistance in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 2-5 to 7-5.
Jordan was on the money in converting all his break points in the 9th (3-5 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Alex converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (3-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 78 points. Jordan conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Michelsen (41-37). The Australian conceded 14 points on serve (27-14). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).
Jordan won the set after he broke the American in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Thompson converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 47 points. Jordan was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than the American (29-18). Jordan was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, Alex conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
Tennis Scores in Brisbane
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-2 6-3)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-2 6-75 6-4)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-2 7-65)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-5 6-3)
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