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Christopher O’Connell vs Alex Michelsen: ATP Tokyo – First round

Christopher O’Connell will take on Alex Michelsen in the second round of the ATP Tokyo.

Christopher O’Connell Profile

Christopher O’Connell is 79th in the ATP rankings and his career high was No. 53 in the world. The Australian is 25-19 for the season and 23-14 on hard surface.

O’Connell is coming off a 6-4, 7-6 win over Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the opening round of the tournament.

His best result of the season was the title at Guanghzou Challenger.

Last year he made his debut in Tokyo and lost to Sebastian Ofner in the opener.

Alex Michelsen Profile

Alex Michelsen is 49th in the ATP rankings, two spots lower than his career high. The American is 36-28 for the season and 24-12 on hard surface.

Michelsen is coming off a 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over Stefanos Tsitsipas in the opening round.

Michelsen made it to two finals this season but lost on both occasions in Winston Salem and Newport.

This is his first appearance in Tokyo.

Head-to-Head

This will be the first match between Christopher O’Connell and Alex Michelsen.

Prediction and Conclusion

Alex Michelsen stunned Stefanos Tsitsipas in the opening round of the tournament in Tokyo, which is one of the biggest wins of his young career. Just like him, Christopher O’Connell made it to the qualifiers, and now they have a huge opportunity to get to the third round of a tournament on this level. This will be a huge fight with two players with pretty different styles of tennis, and we will see a long match that will go over 22.5 games in total.