Nishesh Basavareddy surprises Alex Michelsen 2-6 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Auckland on Thursday in what was an all-American contest. Basavareddy will square off with Gael Monfils in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes.
Basavareddy added to his prize money $ 14,925 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 35,480 until now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Basavareddy will add $ 24,870 to his earnings to get in total $ 60,350.
Highlights Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Alex Michelsen ASB Classic – Auckland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Nishesh scored 82 points vs. Michelsen’s 70.
Basavareddy
Nishesh served pretty well to win 80% of the points (37/46) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (17/33) on his second serve. Basavareddy was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).
Michelsen
On the other side, Alex was not so effective in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Basavareddy and Michelsen is 2-2.
Draw and next match H2H: Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Gael Monfils – stats
Basavareddy will play Monfils in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Nishesh Basavareddy and Gael Monfils face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Monfils won 6-4 4-6 6-1 in the 1st round in Brisbane back in December 2024.
Tennis Scores in Auckland
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-3 6-1)
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Jakub MensikMensik (6-74 6-2 7-64)
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (2-6 6-2 6-4)
- Zizou BergsBergs – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (1-6 6-2 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H details and stats