Australian Open: 19-year-old Michelsen upsets Lehecka
Alex Michelsen edged out Jiri Lehecka 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday night. He’ll play the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the No 6 seed, and Slovak qualifier Lukas Klein in the next round
Alex Michelsen – (c) Zuma / Panoramic
American Alex Michelsen advanced to the third round of the Australian Open by edging out No 32 seed Jiri Lehecka 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 at Melbourne Park on Thursday.
Michelsen, ranked No 91, will face the winner of the match between German Alexander Zverev, the No 6 seed, and Slovak qualifier Lukas Klein next.
The 19-year-old American won against Australian wildcard James McCabe (7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-1, 6-2) in the previous round.
In the previous round, Lehecka, ranked No 23, defeated Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles (6-3, 6-2, 6-3).
Melbourne (Grand Slam), other second-round results (Melbourne Park, hard, USD 58.910.000, most recent results first):
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Holger Rune vs. Arthur Cazaux
- Sumit Nagal vs. Juncheng Shang
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Hugo Grenier
- Nuno Borges vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Jakub Mensik vs. Hubert Hurkacz
- Ugo Humbert vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Arthur Fils vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Carlos Alcaraz: thursday
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Jan-Lennard Struff: thursday
- Tommy Paul vs. Jack Draper: thursday
- Max Purcell vs. Casper Ruud: thursday
- Cameron Norrie vs. Giulio Zeppieri: thursday
- Alexander Zverev vs. Lukas Klein: thursday
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Alexei Popyrin: 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (5) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Sebastian Korda (29) beat Quentin Halys: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (7) beat Jordan Thompson: 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2, 7-6 (4)
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry (30) beat Gael Monfils: 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Tomas Machac beat Frances Tiafoe (17): 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Adrian Mannarino (20) beat Jaume Munar: 6-3, 6-3, 1-6, 2-6, 6-3
- Ben Shelton (16) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-4, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
- Fabian Marozsan beat Francisco Cerundolo (22): 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2
- Taylor Fritz (12) beat Hugo Gaston (LL): 6-0, 6-3, 6-1
- Karen Khachanov (15) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q): 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
- Luca Van Assche beat Lorenzo Musetti (25): 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-0
- Flavio Cobolli (Q) beat Pavel Kotov: 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
- Sebastian Baez (26) beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 7-5, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Alex De Minaur (10) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-3, 6-0, 6-3
- Jannik Sinner (4) beat Jesper De Jong (Q): 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
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