Post a Free Blog

Submit A Press Release

At CWEB, we are always looking to expand our network of strategic investors and partners. If you're interested in exploring investment opportunities or discussing potential partnerships and serious inquiries. Contact: jacque@cweb.com

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Filter by Categories
Action
Animation
Anime
ATP Tour (ATP)
Auto Racing
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Breaking News
Business
Business
Business Newsletter
Call of Duty (CALLOFDUTY)
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Car
Celebrity
Champions Tour (CHAMP)
Comedy
CONCACAF
Counter Strike Global Offensive (CSGO)
Crime
Dark Comedy
Defense of the Ancients (DOTA)
Documentary and Foreign
Drama
eSports
European Tour (EPGA)
Fashion
FIFA
FIFA Women’s World Cup (WWC)
FIFA World Cup (FIFA)
Fighting
Football
Formula 1 (F1)
Fortnite
Golf
Health
Hockey
Horror
IndyCar Series (INDY)
International Friendly (FRIENDLY)
Kids & Family
League of Legends (LOL)
LPGA
Madden
Major League Baseball (MLB)
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
MLS
Movie and Music
Movie Trailers
Music
Mystery
NASCAR Cup Series (NAS)
National Basketball Association (NBA)
National Football League (NFL)
National Hockey League (NHL)
National Women's Soccer (NWSL)
NBA Development League (NBAGL)
NBA2K
NCAA Baseball (NCAABBL)
NCAA Basketball (NCAAB)
NCAA Football (NCAAF)
NCAA Hockey (NCAAH)
Olympic Mens (OLYHKYM)
Other
Other Sports
Overwatch
PGA
Politics
Premier League (PREM)
Romance
Sci-Fi
Science
Soccer
Sports
Sports
Technology
Tennis
Thriller
Truck Series (TRUCK)
True Crime
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
US
Valorant
Western
Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Women’s NCAA Basketball (WNCAAB)
World
World Cup Qualifier (WORLDCUP)
WTA Tour (WTA)
Xfinity (XFT)
XFL
0
-- Advertisement --spot_img
HomeTennisATP Tour (ATP)ATP News: On 7th match point, Alex Michelsen prevails in Toronto

ATP News: On 7th match point, Alex Michelsen prevails in Toronto

Add to Favorite
Added to Favorite


Alex Michelsen pulled off a comeback for a notable upset in the third round of the National Bank Open at Toronto on Thursday, but getting to the finish was no easy feat.

The 26th-seeded U.S. player emerged with a 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over third-seeded Lorenzo Musetti of Italy, closing it out on his seventh match point.

Up 5-3 in the third set, Michelsen squandered two match points on Musetti’s serve, then needed five more match points on his own serve (while turning aside two break points for Musetti) before finally ending the 2-hour, 32-minute contest.

The ending reflected a match in which Michelsen, 20, took advantage of just 2 of 9 break-point opportunities while Musetti, 23, was 2 of 12 on break-point chances.

Michelsen leaned on his groundstrokes for the win.

“I am a big guy, I have got to play offensive tennis,” he said. “Especially today, you can’t give a guy like Lorenzo time to bully you around from the baseline, so I was trying to bully him around and I think in the second and third sets I did a really good job. Taking shots early. I was missing a couple but you can’t make them all and I was doing a really good job executing.”

Michelsen moves on to the fourth round of an ATP 1000 event for the first time. Next, he will meet fellow U.S. player Learner Tien, who beat countryman Reilly Opelka 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Thursday.

“The first time in the fourth round feels really good,” Michelsen said. “I have put a lot of hard work in and it is finally starting to pay off a little bit. I was wondering when it would happen and I guess it is starting to happen right now.”

The day’s other matches all saw the higher-seeded players come out on top.

No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany rallied for a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 32 Matteo Arnaldi of Italy. No. 5 Holger Rune of Denmark downed No. 29 Alexandre Muller of France 6-2, 6-4, and No. 8 Casper Ruud of Norway beat No. 30 Nuno Borges of Portugal 7-5, 6-4.

No. 11 Karen Khachanov of Russia defeated the United States’ Emilio Nava 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-1, and No. 14 Francisco Cerundolo won an all-Argentine matchup with Tomas Martin Etcheverry, 6-3, 6-4.

In the final match of the night, No. 18 Alexei Popyrin of Australia eked out a 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 win over No. 10 Daniil Medvedev of Russia.

–Field Level Media

Subscribe to get Latest News Updates

Latest News

You may like more
more

MLS News: Leagues Cup roundup: Red Bulls top Guadalajara in last seconds

Emil Forsberg's free-kick goal in the seventh minute of...

WTA News: Coco Gauff rallies for third-round victory in Montreal

Top-seeded Coco Gauff overcame a slow start to earn...

LPGA News: Japan’s Rio Takeda, Eri Okayama in command at Women’s Open

Rio Takeda and Eri Okayama of Japan shot matching...

DOTA News: Playoffs underway at Clavision Masters 2025: Snow-Ruyi

Tundra Esports and Gaimin Gladiators won their upper bracket...