#NextGenATP American Alex Michelsen earned his first ATP Tour win in type Tuesday in Newport.
The 18-year-old, who claimed his maiden ATP Challenger Tour title on Sunday in Chicago, upset defending champion Maxime Cressy 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-5 to succeed in the second spherical of the Infosys Corridor of Fame Open.
“I knew he was going to go on the market and bomb serves,” Michelsen stated. “Once I was down break level at 3-4 [in the final set] I acquired just a little anxious, however I got here up with a very good serve and simply type of discovered a means at this time.”
Michelsen arrived in Newport within the early hours of Monday morning after his breakthrough triumph the day earlier than, when he gained two matches to carry the trophy. The Chicago victory helped him climb 60 spots to a career-high No. 190 within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.
The teenager’s confidence confirmed towards Cressy, one of many largest servers within the sport. Michelsen withstood 23 aces from his opponent to triumph after two hours and 49 minutes.
“I had like an hour and a half of follow earlier than I went on that court docket,” Michelsen stated. “However I went over to Europe earlier than Chicago and performed a bunch on grass, so I feel that positively helped me a bit at this time to get just a little grass expertise and I performed grass final 12 months as nicely, so it’s not prefer it’s utterly overseas to me.”
Michelsen was a fortunate loser in Mallorca, the place he performed Christopher Eubanks within the first spherical of the ATP 250. Eubanks gained that match 6-3, 6-7(6), 7-5 earlier than profitable the match and reaching the Wimbledon quarter-finals.
