ATP roundup: Alex Michelsen, Jack Draper win in Munich
Alex Michelsen readies a serve to Tommy Paul during round two of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., Saturday, March 9, 2024. credits: Andy Abeyta/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK American 19-year-old Alex Michelsen picked up his first ATP Tour win on clay when he beat German wild card Max Hans Rehberg 7-6 (2), 6-3 in the first round of the BMW Open Monday in Munich.
Michelsen had two aces, saved 4 of 7 break points and converted all four chances to break his opponent, while Rehberg had five double faults without an ace.
No. 6 seed Jack Draper of Great Britain needed three sets to beat Czech foe Vit Kopriva 6-1, 5-7, 6-4. Draper won 75 percent of his first-service points (42 of 56) and broke Kopriva six times in 10 chances.
Spanish qualifier Alejandro Moro Canas dispatched Austria's Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-4, while German wild card Rudolf Molleker needed just 68 minutes to defeat Italian qualifier Francesco Passaro.
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Playing in his native Spain, wild card Roberto Bautista Agut prevailed after a lengthy second-set tiebreaker, defeating Russia's Roman Safiullin 6-3, 7-6 (8) in first-round action.
Bautista Agut never faced break point but fell behind 3-1 in the tiebreaker before ripping off four straight points. He failed to convert on his first two match points and had to save Safiullin's set point at 8-7 before winning two more points to get the job done. It marked Bautista Agut's 399th career tour-level win.
Italy's Matteo Arnaldi was tied at 5 in the first set with France's Arthur Cazaux before Cazaux retired.
Dominican qualifier Nick Hardt rallied past Spanish wild card Martin Landaluce 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, while Austria's Sebastian Ofner also needed three sets to take down Russian Pavel Kotov 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.
Brandon Nakashima, Frenchmen Harold Mayot and Alexandre Muller and Argentina's Facundo Diaz Acosta and Marco Trungelliti also advanced.
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No. 5 seed Mariano Navone of Argentina eased past Italy's Luciano Darderi 6-2, 6-3 in the first round in Bucharest, Romania.
Navone's next opponent will be Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild, who needed three hours and 16 minutes to take down Italian Luca Nardi 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (2). Seyboth Wild saved 8 of 9 break points and overcame Nardi saving five match points in the 10th game of the third set.
Argentina's Federico Coria beat French lucky loser Benjamin Bonzi 6-4, 6-2, and Arthur Rinderknech outlasted Hugo Gaston 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-5 in an all-French affair.
—Field Level Media
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