#NextGenATP Update: Michelsen, Mensik, Fils aim to boost Jeddah hopes on grass

pThe grass-court swing is here on the ATP Tour and ATP Challenger Tour and a host of #NextGenATP stars will be hoping to make their mark in a bid to raise their hopes of qualifying for this yearrsquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a./ppa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a, currently fourth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah, plays at the ATP 250 in Stuttgart. The American has the best pedigree on grass out of those competing for a place in Jeddah, having advanced to an ATP Tour final on the surface in Newport last season./ppThe 19-year-old beat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/john-isner/i186/overview'John Isner/a in the semi-finals before he fell to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adrian-mannarino/me82/overview'Adrian Mannarino/a in the championship match in the United States. Michelsen will hope to recapture that form in Stuttgart, where he plays a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-rinderknech/rc91/overview'Arthur Rinderknech/a on his tournament debut./ppstronga rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/next-gen-race" target="_blank"PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah/a/strong/ptable tbody tr tdstrongPlayernbsp;/strong/td tdstrongPoints/strong/td /tr tr td1) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fils/f0f1/overview'Arthur Fils/a/td td690/td /tr tr td2) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jakub-mensik/m0ni/overview'Jakub Mensik/anbsp;/td td494/td /tr tr td3)nbsp;Shang Juncheng/td td403/td /tr tr td4) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a/td td397/td /tr tr td5) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luca-van-assche/v0dz/overview'Luca Van Assche/a/td td331/td /tr tr td6) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/joao-fonseca/f0fv/overview'Joao Fonseca/a/td td268/td /tr tr td7) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gonzalo-bueno/b0gr/overview'Gonzalo Bueno/a/td td147/td /tr tr td8) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/coleman-wong/w0bh/overview'Coleman Wong/a/td td137/td /tr tr td9) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/vilius-gaubas/g0fw/overview'Vilius Gaubas/a/td td122/td /tr tr td10) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/joel-schwaerzler/s0wt/overview'Joel Schwaerzler/a/td td120/td /tr /tbody/tablepFrenchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fils/f0f1/overview'Arthur Fils/a, who is first in the Live Race To Jeddah, competes in lsquo;s-Hertogenbosch, where he faces countryman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-cazaux/c0h0/overview'Arthur Cazaux/a in the first round. Fils is seeking his first tour-level win on grass./ppMensik, 18, will also play at the ATP 250 event in The Netherlands. The Czech star, who reached the final in Doha earlier this year, has never played a tour-level match on grass before./ppShang Juncheng, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/joao-fonseca/f0fv/overview'Joao Fonseca/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/coleman-wong/w0bh/overview'Coleman Wong/a are all inside the Top 8 in the Live Race To Jeddah and compete at the ATP Challenger Tour event in Nottingham. The 17-year-old Brazilian Fonseca defeated former World No. 14 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kyle-edmund/e831/overview'Kyle Edmund/a in Surbiton last week for his first grass-court win at Challenger Tour level. The 19-year-old Chinese lefty Shang reached the quarter-finals at a Challenger Tour event on grass in Ilkley last year. Wong has never played a professional match on the surface./ppFifth-placed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luca-van-assche/v0dz/overview'Luca Van Assche/a and seventh-placed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gonzalo-bueno/b0gr/overview'Gonzalo Bueno/a are remaining on clay for another week. Van Assche, 20, plays at an ATP Challenger Tour event Lyon, while Bueno, 20, competes in Lima./pp[NEWSLETTER FORM]/p