To be in the second week is amazing.” Tien, the runner-up to Joao Fonseca at Decemeber’s Next Gen ATP Finals, will join Michelsen in the Top 100 for the first time when this event ends.

Michelsen is one of the four American men to progress to the Round of 16 at the 2025 Australian Open, joining 2023 semifinalist Tommy Paul, quarterfinalist Ben Shelton, and fellow Next-Gen star ...

Fils, who also played in the 2024 ATP Next Generation Finals alongside Fonseca, Tien and Michelsen, was forced to retire during his round of 32 match against another Frenchman, Ugo Humbert.

Michelsen caused the biggest upset of the 2025 ... I did when he played the Next Gen in Saudi Arabia. And he’s looking real good. “He’s playing with a lot of confidence.

Almost half of the men's singles top 10 seeds won't feature in the second week of the Australian Open after being knocked out by teenagers.

Michelsen caused a big upset in Melbourne by ... I had heard about him, but I hadn’t seen much of him play until the Next Gen tournament in Saudi Arabia. He looked outstanding.

Still seething, he horribly miscued a backhand on the first point of the next game ... tennis. Michelsen is not on the level of those two players, but he is from the same generation.

Mike Frey-Imagn Images Next gen: What do Arthur Fils, Nish Basavareddy, Alex Michelsen, Jakub Menšík, Tien and mighty Fonseca have in common? Each left his heelprint on this event. And last ...

Other Next-Gen stars such as Nishesh Basavareddy and Alex Michelsen have also made a name for themselves at the Melbourne Major. Carlos Alcaraz, who is trying to complete his Career Grand Slam ...