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Alex Michelsen vs Sebastian Ofner: ATP Mallorca – Quarterfinal
One of the biggest hopes of the American tennis Alex Michelsen will take on Sebastian Ofner in the quarterfinal of the ATP Mallorca.
Alex Michelsen Profile
Alex Michelsen is 62nd in the ATP rankings, two spots lower than his career high. The 19-year-old is 20-20 for the season and 4-3 on grass.
Michelsen is coming off a 7-6, 6-4 win over Adrian Mannarino in the round of 16, defeating Nuno Borges in the opening round 6-3, 7-6.
Last week in Halle, Michelsen went through the qualifiers but lost in the first round of the main draw to Matteo Berrettini 7-6, 6-2.
This is his third quarterfinal of the season after he reached the same stage in Los Cabos and Geneva.
This is his second appearance in Mallorca after losing in the first round last year.
Sebastian Ofner Profile
Sebastian Ofner is 54th in the ATP rankings, and his career high was No. 37 in the world. The Austrian is 16-19 for the season and 2-2 on grass.
He is coming off a 6-3, 7-5 win over Luca Darderi in the round of 16, and previously he defeated Jaume Munar 3-6, 6-4, 7-6.
Ofner lost the opening matches in the previous two weeks in Halle and Stuttgart.
His best result of the season was the semifinal in Hong Kong, where he lost to Emil Ruusuvuori.
This is Ofner’s first appearance in Mallorca.
Head-to-Head – Seyboth Wild leads 1-0
- Michelsen vs Ofner 7-6, 7-5 (2023 ATP Winston Salem, second round)
Prediction and Conclusion
Alex Michelsen is one of the best young players in the world, and seeing the 19-year-old close to the top 50 players in the game is very impressive. Michelsen has proved that he is very solid on grass, and most of all, he can win big points in tight matches. Today, he will face Sebastian Ofner, whose playing style also fits this surface. Ofner has a solid serve, which brought him this deep in the tournament. This is a huge opportunity for both of them, but Michelsen has already defeated Ofner on hard court, and it seems he will do it even easier on grass today in Mallorca.
