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.

Melbourne
Michelsen's Record

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

Michelsen
McCabe
7-5 6-3 7-64
2h:15
118
118
Total points
88
88
61
61
Winners
48
48
52%
52%
Ratio Winners
55%
55%
30
30
Unforced
45
45
40%
40%
Ratio Unforced
60%
60%
14/21
14/21
Net Approaches
11/23
11/23
67%
67%
Perc
48%
48%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
10
10
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
79%
79%
1st in
59%
59%
80%
80%
1st won
74%
74%
61/76
61/76
1st won
48/65
48/65
70%
70%
2nd won
42%
42%
14/20
14/20
2nd won
19/45
19/45
208
208
Fastest serve
218
218
186
186
AVG 1st Serve
190
190
165
165
AVG 2nd Serve
150
150
-- Break Points --
2/14
2/14
Total
0/0
0/0
14%
14%
Won
0%
0%
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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

1st Set -
Michelsen 7-5
MichelsenMcCabe
7
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MichelsenMcCabe
7
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MichelsenMcCabe
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MichelsenMcCabe
5
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
MichelsenMcCabe
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MichelsenMcCabe
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
MichelsenMcCabe
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
MichelsenMcCabe
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
MichelsenMcCabe
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
MichelsenMcCabe
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
MichelsenMcCabe
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
MichelsenMcCabe
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
MichelsenMcCabe
1
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30

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).

2nd Set -
Michelsen 6-3
MichelsenMcCabe
6
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
MichelsenMcCabe
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
MichelsenMcCabe
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
MichelsenMcCabe
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MichelsenMcCabe
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
MichelsenMcCabe
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
MichelsenMcCabe
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
MichelsenMcCabe
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
MichelsenMcCabe
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

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).

3rd Set -
Michelsen 7-6
MichelsenMcCabe
7
6
1
0
2
0
2
1
3
1
3
2
3
3
4
3
4
4
5
4
6
4
7
4
MichelsenMcCabe
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
MichelsenMcCabe
5
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
MichelsenMcCabe
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MichelsenMcCabe
4
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
MichelsenMcCabe
4
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
MichelsenMcCabe
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
MichelsenMcCabe
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
MichelsenMcCabe
2
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
MichelsenMcCabe
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MichelsenMcCabe
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
MichelsenMcCabe
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40

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).

1st
Michelsen
McCabe
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Michelsen
McCabe
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Michelsen
McCabe
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1

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