PIF ATP Stay Race To Jeddah
PIF ATP Stay Race To Jeddah Replace: People Michelsen, Tien shine
20-and-under occasion takes place 18-22 December
August 26, 2024
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Alex Michelsen is second within the PIF ATP Stay Race To Jeddah.
By ATP Employees
People Alex Michelsen and Learner Tien have boosted their respective probabilities of qualifying for the Subsequent Gen ATP Finals introduced by PIF after they impressed on house soil in Winston-Salem.
Michelsen consolidated second spot within the PIF ATP Stay Race To Jeddah after he reached his second ATP Tour remaining of the season on the hard-court occasion. The 20-year-old produced a sequence of aggressive shows on the ATP 250 occasion earlier than he misplaced to Italian Lorenzo Sonego within the title match.
Michelsen, who can also be at a career-high No. 49 within the PIF ATP Rankings, is aiming to creating his second look in Jeddah after competing final yr. He’ll now head to New York to play on the US Open, beginning towards Eliot Spizzirri.
Tien additionally loved a memorable week in Winston-Salem, the place he superior by way of qualifying to achieve the quarter-finals. The 18-year-old, who has obtained a wild card for the US Open, had by no means competed in an ATP Tour most important draw earlier than arriving in North Carolina.
Tien is at present eighth within the PIF ATP Stay Race To Jeddah and within the remaining qualification place, six factors forward of ninth-placed Henrique Rocha.
Shang Juncheng has climbed to 3rd after he reached the third spherical in Winston-Salem. The 19-year-old Chinese language lefty beat Argentines Francisco Comesana and Mariano Navone on the hard-court occasion. Shang is simply 25 factors away from Jakub Mensik, with each gamers set to compete on the US Open this fortnight.