Doubles
Korda/Michelsen cruise in Washington doubles debut
Atlanta champions Lammons/Withrow advance
August 01, 2024
Mike Lawrence
Alex Michelsen and Sebastian Korda cruise to a 47-minute victory Wednesday in Washington.
By ATP Employees
Sebastian Korda and Alex Michelsen made a scorching begin to their crew debut Wednesday on the Mubadala Citi DC Open. The American wild playing cards defeated Julian Money and Robert Galloway 6-4, 6-2 in simply 47 minutes to succeed in the quarter-finals.
Korda and Michelsen received 57 per cent of their second-serve factors, in accordance with Infosys ATP Stats, in comparison with Money and Galloway’s 41 per cent.
Up subsequent for the duo is second seeds Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson. Korda partnered Thompson to win this yr’s ATP Masters 1000 occasion in Madrid.
Michelsen received his singles opener earlier within the day in opposition to Mattia Bellucci. The 19-year-old and fourth seed Korda are each within the Spherical of 16.
Atlanta champions Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow prolonged their profitable streak to 5 matches by defeating Alexander Erler and Arthur Rinderknech 7-5, 2-6, 10-7. The fourth-seeded People subsequent meet fifth seeds Lloyd Glasspool and Santiago Gonzalez, who downed Evan King and Vasil Kirkov 6-3, 6-4.