American teens Michelsen and Tien enter Winston-Salem Open quarter-finals
Michelsen will take on Chris Eubanks in the quarter-finals while Tien will face Pablo Carreno Busta
Alex Michelsen plays a backhand.
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Alex Michelsen and Learner Tien, from the United States, booked their berths in the quarter-finals of the 2024 ATP Winston-Salem Open on Wednesday.
Michelsen, aged 19, downed Belgium’s Zizou Bergs 6-1, 6-2 on the back of four break point conversions at Wake Forest University.
He will next take on fellow American Chris Eubanks, who defeated 17th seed Roman Safiullin 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(8) in the third round. Eubanks leads Michelsen 1-0 in the head-to-head.
In another third round battle on Wednesday, 18-year-old Learner Tien overcame Brazil’s Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-4, 6-3 to reach the last eight.
Tien notably began his debut ATP Tour-level campaign in the qualifying rounds and is now set to lock horns with Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta for a place in the semi-finals.
It will be the American’s first meeting with the Spaniard, who bettered Australia’s Aleksander Vukic 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in another third-round match.
Tien has been on a tear in recent months, winning 35 of his last 37 matches across the ATP Tour, ATP Challenger and ITF Futures levels, including a 28-match winning streak.
Winston-Salem ATP 250 third round results:
- Arthur Rinderknech (12) beats David Goffin 6-3, 6-3
- Pavel Kotov (15) beats Zachary Svajda 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Rinky Hijikata (16) beats Borna Coric 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Lorenzo Sonego beats Juncheng Shang (walkover)
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