#NextGenATP Michelsen makes history in Mallorca

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a made history on Sunday in Mallorca./p

pThe #NextGenATP American earned his first grass-court win of the season at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/mallorca/8994/overview'Mallorca Championships/a presented by Waterdrop, where he defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nuno-borges/bt72/overview'Nuno Borges/a 6-3, 7-6(4). By doing so, the 19-year-old became the youngest player to win a main draw match at the event./p

pldquo;Thatrsquo;s pretty cool,rdquo; Michelsen said. ldquo;I had no idea that that was going to be a statistic, so Irsquo;m super happy with that and super happy with the win today.rdquo;/p

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pOne year ago, Michelsen entered the Mallorca main draw as a lucky loser and nearly defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/christopher-eubanks/e865/overview'Christopher Eubanks/a, who won the match 6-3, 6-7(6), 7-5. Eubanks went on to win the tournament./p

pldquo;The island, there are not many places that you go on Tour that are better than this,rdquo; said Michelsen, who will next play third seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adrian-mannarino/me82/overview'Adrian Mannarino/a. ldquo;The tournament is very well run, one of the best clubs Irsquo;ve ever been to. The courts suit my game. I almost beat Eubanks last year and he won the tournament, so just really enjoy being here and hopefully I can come here for many years.rdquo;/p

pThe 2023 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a competitor has enjoyed success on grass before, reaching his first ATP Tour final last year on the surface in Newport./p

pIn other action, home favourite a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roberto-bautista-agut/bd06/overview'Roberto Bautista Agut/a ousted Japanrsquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taro-daniel/da81/overview'Taro Daniel/a 6-1, 6-0 in 53 minutes. The 36-year-old converted all five of his break points and won 60 per cent of his return points according to Infosys ATP Stats./p

pIn an all-Spanish battle, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roberto-carballes-baena/cf59/overview'Roberto Carballes Baena/a closed the day's play with a 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(3) victory against former World No. 10 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pablo-carreno-busta/cd85/overview'Pablo Carreno Busta/a. Carballes Baena now leads the pair's Lexus ATP Head2Head series 2-0./p

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