#NextGenATP Michelsen 'weasels' into Newport QFs

p#NextGenATP a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a is aiming to go one step further than last year's runner-up finish at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/newport/315/overview'Infosys Hall of Fame Open/a, where on Tuesday the third seed defeated 2022 champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/maxime-cressy/c0bc/overview'Maxime Cressy/a 6-4, 6-4./p

pSeeded at an ATP Tour event for the first time, the 19-year-old began his Newport campaign in the same way he did in 2023: beating countryman Cressy, though Michelsen received a first-round bye this year./p

pMichelsen, World No. 61 in the PIF ATP Rankings, broke Cressy's serve to love at 3-3 in both sets and fended off the two break points he faced, according to Infosys ATP Stats, to improve to 2-1 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with the 27-year-old./p

p"I really like that I didn't get my serve broken. A couple tight service games, he played a couple really good return games and I was able to weasel out," said Michelsen. "Really fortunate to get out of this one four and four. Max is a very tough out on grass. Really happy with the win."/p

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pInto his fourth quarter-final of the year, Michelsen next faces another American: a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/aleksandar-kovacevic/k0az/overview'Aleksandar Kovacevic/a, who overcame seventh seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-rinderknech/rc91/overview'Arthur Rinderknech/a 6-3, 3-6, 7-5./p

pMichelsen is fourth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah. The California native is aiming for a return trip to the 20-and-under a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a, which runs from 18-22 December in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.nbsp;/p

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/reilly-opelka/o522/overview'Reilly Opelka/a continued his comeback in his first ATP Tour appearance since 2022 Washington by upsetting top seed and defending champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adrian-mannarino/me82/overview'Adrian Mannarino/a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. The 6'11" wild card hammered 19 aces to advance to his first grass-court quarter-final./ppOpelka will meet a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mackenzie-mcdonald/mk66/overview'Mackenzie McDonald/a in the last eight. The 29-year-old beat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/billy-harris/hd68/overview'Billy Harris/a 6-3, 6-4 and dropped just two points behind his first serve, according to Infosys ATP Stats./p

pFourth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/christopher-eubanks/e865/overview'Christopher Eubanks/a rallied past wild card a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ethan-quinn/q02l/overview'Ethan Quinn/a 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3 to reach his second quarter-final of the season. The American also reached the last eight on the Halle grass last month. Up next for Eubanks is sixth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/aleksandar-vukic/v832/overview'Aleksandar Vukic/a, who ousted wild card a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/eliot-spizzirri/s0ja/overview'Eliot Spizzirri/a 6-2, 7-6(3). Aussie qualifier a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-bolt/bi81/overview'Alex Bolt/a also advanced with a 7-6(2), 6-4 win against fifth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/brandon-nakashima/n0ae/overview'Brandon Nakashima/a./p

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