Citi Open: Michelsen advances to quarter-finals
Alex Michelsen won against Seong-Chan Hong 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday evening. He’ll face Italian Flavio Cobolli, the No 10 seed, in the next round
Alex Michelsen competes on hard-courts in 2023 Imago / Panoramic
American Alex Michelsen, the No 15 seed, moved into the quarter-finals of the Citi Open by beating qualifier Seong-Chan Hong 6-3, 6-3 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington.
Michelsen, ranked No 60, will play Italian Flavio Cobolli, the No 10 seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the 19-year-old American won against Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci (6-3, 7-6 (1)).
Hong, ranked No 175, won against Australian Adam Walton (7-6 (6), 7-6 (4)) and Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 3 seed (6-2, 6-4) in the previous rounds of the Washington D.C. tournament.
Washington ATP 500, other last-16 results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 2.100.230, most recent results first):
- Andrey Rublev vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Ben Shelton
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Jordan Thompson: thursday
- Sebastian Korda vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis: thursday
- Denis Shapovalov (WC) beat Miomir Kecmanovic (12): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Flavio Cobolli beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (8): 1-6, 7-6, 7-6 (7)
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