Alex Michelsen breezes past Aleksandar Vukic 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Almaty on Thursday after playing a tremendous match to play Shintaro Mochizuki in the quarter. The match lasted just 59 minutes.
Highlights Alex Michelsen vs. Aleksandar Vukic Almaty Open – Almaty
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 58 points vs. Vukic’s 40.
Michelsen
The American served very well to win 82% of the points (28/34) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (8/13) on his second serve. Alex was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).
Vukic
On the other side, Aleksandar wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Michelsen and Vukic is 3-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex Michelsen vs. Shintaro Mochizuki – stats
Michelsen will compete against Mochizuki in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Shintaro Mochizuki since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Michelsen didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Aleksandar Vukic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Alex to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Michelsen converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Alex didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 61 points. The American conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the Australian (33-28). The American lost 6 points on serve (20-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Aleksandar conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).
Alex in this set played at a much higher level than Vukic and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Vukic in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.
The American converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (3-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Michelsen didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 36 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than Aleksandar (25-11). The American was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). In addition, on the other side, Aleksandar conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).
Tennis Scores in Almaty
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 7-65 6-3)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-2)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Adam WaltonWalton (7-5 7-60)
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-3 6-3)
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (7-5 6-3)
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Gabriel DialloDiallo (7-63 6-73 6-4)
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-65 6-1)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H details and stats