18-Year-Old Michelsen Upsets Sock At Cleveland Challenger | ATP Tour | Tennis

Although his journey to the Cleveland Open concerned spending an evening contained in the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Alex Michelsen is making the very best of his second ATP Challenger Tour look.

On Tuesday, the 18-year-old wild card was calm, cool, and picked up as he defeated former World No. 8 Jack Sock 7-6(3), 6-4 on the Challenger 75 occasion in Cleveland, Ohio.

“I was feeling good throughout the match and I did everything well,” Michelsen mentioned. “I executed the game plan very well. I knew he was going to come out firing. His serve and forehand are obviously fantastic, that’s how he got to Top 10 in the world. But I stuck to the game plan and it worked well. Best win of my life so far.”

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Michelsen, who hails from Southern California, is a senior in highschool and is ready to graduate from an internet college this spring. After triumphing on the ITF M15 in Edmond, Oklahoma every week in the past, the teen started his journey to the Cleveland Open, nevertheless it wasn’t with out interruption. Michelsen missed his connecting flight in Dallas, which pressured him to get some shut-eye within the airport. The teen shared he enjoys a routine and whereas the journey to Cleveland could have been hindered, he nonetheless pulled off the opening-round victory.

“When I get to a tournament and I win, I try to eat the same things, use the same hat, same racquets, same shower in the locker room,” Michelsen mentioned. “I’m a little superstitious but I don’t think it’s too over the top. Sometimes when I’m travelling with people, they’re like, ‘We have to eat here again?’”

Since successful the 2022 FILA Easter Bowl in singles and doubles (w/ Sebastian Gorzny), Michelsen has been constructing upon his momentum. In October, the American superior via qualifying on the Tiburon Challenger and earned his maiden Challenger foremost draw win towards China’s Shang Juncheng.

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Alex Michelsen in motion on the 2023 Cleveland Challenger. Credit: Ben Peskar

The University of Georgia commit, who started enjoying tennis at age three, trains with coaches Jay Leavitt and Eric Diaz in Laguna Niguel, California. Michelsen grew up across the sport and to at the present time, he eats, sleeps, and breathes tennis. His dad, Erik, performed on the University of Redlands and now works as a lawyer whereas his mother, Sondra, performed for San Diego State University and is a retired third-grade trainer.

The California teen mentioned it’s not unusual for him to spend 5 hours a day on court docket when he’s coaching at house. Boasting a stable backhand and deft really feel across the internet, the World No. 467 within the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings hopes so as to add his identify to the subsequent technology of prime American gamers.

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“I don’t know the last time we had this many Americans in the Top 50 or 100,” Michelsen mentioned. “Ben [Shelton’s] rise has been incredible, he went from like 600 to 40 in 13 months. All those guys in the Top 50… I think the next five years are looking good for American tennis. I train with Learner Tien, who was a finalist at the Australian Open juniors. Hopefully we can get a No. 1, that would be really awesome.”

After incomes his career-best win within the opening spherical of the Cleveland Challenger, tennis followers ought to recollect the identify: Alex Michelsen.

Source web site: www.atptour.com

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