Winston-Salem Open: Michelsen makes last 16, to meet Djere next

American wildcard Alex Michelsen advanced to the last 16 of the Winston-Salem Open by defeating Austrian Sebastian Ofner, the No 15 seed, 7-6 (4), 7-5 at Wake Forest Tennis Complex on Tuesday evening.

Michelsen, ranked No 133, will play Serb Laslo Djere, the No 4 seed, next.

👀 One to watch

Alex Michelsen snags another Winston-Salem win, defeating Sebastian Ofner to reach the round of 16 🙌. #wsopen pic.twitter.com/38fl1G4Gg9

— Winston-Salem Open (@WSOpen) August 22, 2023

Ahead of his victory, the 18-year-old American won against Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas (6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-0).

Winston-Salem ATP250, other second-round matches (Wake Forest Tennis Complex, hard, USD 760,930):

• Max Purcell beat Andrey Kuznetsov (LL): 6-4, 6-1
• Arthur Fils vs. Brandon Nakashima: tuesday
• Laslo Djere beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 6-3, 6-3
• Richard Gasquet (12) beat Marc-Andrea Huesler: 6-4, 6-4
• Sebastian Baez (6) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Marton Fucsovics (14) beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-4, 6-2
• Michael Mmoh vs. Marcos Giron
• Omni Kumar vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Borna Coric vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Mitchell Krueger
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Luca Van Assche
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Sebastian Korda
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
• Jack Draper vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Dominik Koepfer vs. Strong Kirchheimer