Alex Michelson has reached the fourth round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. He got there with a 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-2 victory over No. 19 seed Karen Khachanov of Russia at the Australian Open on Saturday.
In a match slated for Friday, Karen Khachanov (No. 19 in rankings) will meet Alex Michelsen (No. 42) in the Round of 32 at the Australian Open.In his last match on Thursday, Michelsen took down
Two friends from California, Learner Tien and Alex Michelsen, have both reached the fourth round at the Australian Open. Tien is 19, and Michelsen is 20.
Alex Michelsen, 20, is another young U.S. player who is making some noise in Melbourne. He upset world No. 11 and 2023 Open runner-up Stefanos Tsistipas in the first round, then pulled off another strong win in the third in straight-sets against No. 19 Karen Khachanov.
Results on day seven of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Saturday (x denotes seeding):
The seventh day of the Australian Open saw Alex Michelsen upset Karen Khachanov, while Iga Swiatek defeated Emma Raducanu. Other highlights included vintage Djokovic defeating Machac, Gauff advancing to the last 16,
French veteran Gaël Monfils rolled back the years to stun the USA’s No. 4 seed Taylor Fritz in the third round of the Australian Open on Saturday, winning 3-6 7-5 7-6(1) 6-4 after three hours and eight minutes of scintillating tennis.
MELBOURNE — Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu Saturday in the only Australian Open women’s third-round match between two past Grand Slam champions — if you thought that meant it would be close, you’d have been rather wrong — that this was how she described it:
Monfils upset fourth-seeded Taylor Fritz of the United States 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1), 6-4 in the third round at Melbourne, Australia. When Monfils made his Australian Open debut in 2005, Fritz, now 27 years old, was 7.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The only women's match featuring Grand Slam singles champions in the third round at the Australian Open turned out to be an overpowering win by Iga Swiatek over Emma Raducanu on Saturday.
Karen Khachanov (No. 19) will take on Gabriel Diallo (No. 86) in the Round of 64 at the Australian Open on Wednesday, January 15.Diallo’s last match was a win, 6-0, 7-6, over Benjamin Hassan
Alex de Minaur's Australian Open fourth-round opponent Alex Michelsen has a hip injury he received a medical timeout for in his previous match.