Alex Michelsen tops Khachanov in the 3rd round to battle vs De Minaur. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

Alex Michelsen tops Karen Khachanov 6-3 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 3^rd round in Melbourne on Saturday. Michelsen is going to play against Alex De Minaur in the 4^th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 15 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 3^rd round in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.

Melbourne

Michelsen's Record

The American added to his prize money $ 130,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 420,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add $ 245,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 665,000 in total.

Highlights Alex Michelsen vs. Karen Khachanov Australian Open – Melbourne

Michelsen’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Michelsen

Khachanov

6-3 7-6⁵ 6-2
2h:15

97

97

Total points

85

85

45

45

Winners

38

38

46%

46%

Ratio Winners

45%

45%

27

27

Unforced

23

23

54%

54%

Ratio Unforced

46%

46%

22/29

22/29

Net Approaches

10/16

10/16

76%

76%

Perc

63%

63%

-- Serve --

8

8

Aces

14

14

4

4

Double Faults

1

1

63%

63%

1st in

63%

63%

73%

73%

1st won

73%

73%

45/62

45/62

1st won

38/52

38/52

59%

59%

2nd won

48%

48%

22/37

22/37

2nd won

15/31

15/31

208

208

Fastest serve

207

207

189

189

AVG 1^st Serve

188

188

169

169

AVG 2^nd Serve

160

160

-- Break Points --

4/4

4/4

Total

1/3

1/3

100%

100%

Won

33%

33%

See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Michelsen scored 97 points vs. Khachanov’s 85.

Michelsen

Michelsen was fantastic in converting all the break points (4/4).

Khachanov

On the other side, Karen wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Michelsen and Khachanov is 1-0 for Alex.

Draw and next match H2H: Alex Michelsen vs. Alex De Minaur – stats

Michelsen will come up against De Minaur in the 4^th round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Alex Michelsen and Alex De Minaur clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Michelsen and De Minaur (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 7-6⁵ 6-2)
• Ben SheltonShelton – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 3-6 6-4 7-6⁵)
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (5-7 7-6³ 6-3 6-3)
• Learner TienTien – Corentin MoutetMoutet (7-6¹⁰ 6-3 6-3)
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Taylor FritzFritz (3-6 7-5 7-6¹ 6-4)
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-7³ 7-6⁶ 6-1 6-2)
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-2 6-3 6-3)
• Tommy PaulPaul – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-6⁰ 6-2 6-0)
• Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-2 6-4 6-7³ 6-2)
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-3 6-4 6-4)
• Jack DraperDraper – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 2-6 5-7 7-6⁵ 7-6⁸)
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Arthur FilsFils (4-6 7-5 6-4 1-0 ret.)
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Jakub MensikMensik (3-6 4-6 7-6⁷ 6-4 6-2)
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tomas MachacMachac (6-1 6-4 6-4)
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Marcos GironGiron (6-3 6-4 6-2)

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• Jack DraperDraper – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (1-2) – H2H details and stats
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Tommy PaulPaul (0-3) – H2H details and stats
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