Alex Michelsen conquers James McCabe 7-5 6-3 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Michelsen will play Karen Khachanov in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 90,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 290,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the American will add $ 130,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 420,000 in total.
Highlights Alex Michelsen vs. James McCabe Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alex scored 118 points vs. McCabe’s 88.
Michelsen
Michelsen served pretty well to win 80% of the points (61/76) behind his first serve, and he won 70% points (14/20) on his second serve. Alex won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 14% (2/14) of the procured opportunities.
McCabe
On the other side, James wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Michelsen and McCabe is 2-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex Michelsen vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Michelsen will fight against Khachanov in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Karen Khachanov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Michelsen clinched in the 12th game (7-5) prior to ultimately winning the set (7-5).
Alex failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 30.
Michelsen missed the opportunity to break the Australian in the 4th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The American was unable to convert any of the 13 conquered break points. He had 13 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 10th (5-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th
game (6-5 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.They played 87 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than James (49-38). The American conceded 9 points on serve (28-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 21 points on serve (29-21).
Michelsen enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking James McCabe in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for Alex to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Alex was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 0-40). On the other side, Michelsen didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 42 points. The American won 10 points more than the Australian (26-16). Michelsen was perfect on serve to concede not even a single point during his serving games (16-0). On the other side, James conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Alex won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Michelsen won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, McCabe won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2) and 6th (3-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. In addition on the other side, Michelsen didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 77 points. The American conquered the set after winning 9 points more than McCabe (43-34). The American dropped 12 points on serve (31-12). On the other side, McCabe conceded 12 points on serve (22-12).
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