

What Time Will Alex Michelsen Play Against Kei Nishikori?
Michelsen and Nishikori are on the Day 1 Schedule at Omnium Banque National Présenté Par Rogers 2024 on Tuesday 6 August 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Alex Michelsen from the USA and Kei Nishikori from Japan will be facing each other for the first time on the tour level. However, they have previously met in a tournament in Chicago, where Michelsen defeated Nishikori in the quarterfinals with a score of 7-6(13), 3-6, 6-1.
Alex Michelsen, aged 19, is currently ranked as the world number 55, which is his career-high ranking. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 18-20 and reached the final in Newport, where he had a match point against Giron. Michelsen became the youngest American man to reach the third round of a Grand Slam since Young at the 2007 US Open. He also earned his first ATP Tour win and reached his first quarterfinal, semifinal, and final in Newport in 2023, making him the youngest American ATP Tour finalist since Fritz in 2016. Michelsen’s biggest career win came against de Minaur, who was ranked number 9 at the time, in the 2024 Los Cabos second round. However, he couldn’t convert three match points in the quarterfinals against eventual champion Thompson. Michelsen has a 35-18 record in Challenger events, including two finals, and has won titles in Chicago and Knoxville in 2023. He reached a career-high ranking of 25 in ITF Juniors and won the Wimbledon boys’ doubles title in 2022 with Gorzny. Michelsen started playing tennis at the age of 3 and practiced with his mother, who was a former college player, until he turned 15. In the previous week, Michelsen reached his sixth and
biggest ATP Tour quarterfinal of his career in Washington, where he lost to Cobolli. He aims to become the youngest American man to win a match at the event since Donaldson reached the third round in 2016.
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On the other hand, Kei Nishikori, aged 34, is currently ranked as the world number 576. Nishikori achieved his career-high ranking of number 4 in 2015 and is considered the top Asian men’s player in history. He earned his biggest career win against Djokovic, who was ranked number 1 at the time, at the 2014 US Open, becoming the first Asian Grand Slam men’s singles finalist. Nishikori captured his first ATP Tour title in 2008 at Delray Beach when he was only 18 years old and ranked 244th, making him the youngest champion on the tour since Hewitt won in Adelaide at the age of 16 in 1998. He has won six ATP 500 titles, reached four ATP Masters 1000 finals, qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals four times, and won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Nishikori holds the highest winning percentage among active players in deciding sets, with a record of 148-57 (.722). In terms of ATP Masters tournaments, Nishikori is aiming to record his first match win since the 2021 Indian Wells, where he defeated J. Sousa in the first round. He has a career record of 107-66 in ATP Masters events, with highlights including reaching four finals, including the 2013 Toronto event.
These two players will be competing in the National Bank Open Presented by Rogers.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Michelsen will win.
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