20 Jan 2025; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Alex Michelsen in the United States plays a backhand during his match against Alex de Minaur in Australia in the fourth round of the men’s singles at the 2025 Australian Open in Melbourne Park. Mandatory Credit: Mike Frey-Imagn Pictures Alex Michelsen hung on to defeat the Tung-Lin Wu and help the United States take a 2-0 lead in his matchup against Taiwan in the Davis Cup qualifier on Friday in Taipei City.
The American Marcos Giron opened a tie with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Chun-Hsin Tseng before Michelsen fired 12 aces and saved both break points he met to get away from WU.
Their tie will continue on Saturday with a double match and more singles if needed.
Argentina beat Norway 3-2 in Oslo when Mariano Navone beat Nicolai Budkov Kjaer 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Do-or-Die match.
On Friday, Austria also took a 2-0 lead over Finland in Swechat, Austria; Serbia went in front of 2-0 on Denmark in Copenhagen; Germany took a 2-0 edge over Israel in Vilnius, Lithuania; Japan and the United Kingdom shared their first two matches in Miki, Japan; Australia received a 2-0 advantage compared to Sweden in Stockholm; And Croatia took a lead at 2-0 over Slovakia in Osijek, Croatia. Their matchups will continue on Saturday.
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The American qualifier Aleksandar Kovacevic beat the fourth seed Alexander Bublic from Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-2 to move on to the semi-final in Montpellier, France.
Kovacevic, ranked as No. 102 in the world, saved all eight break points he met and won 31 out of 37 first service points (83.8 percent). Bublik had 12 aces but also made seven double errors.
Kovacevic’s next assignment will be No. 1 Seed Andrey Rublev from Russia, which led 5-2 when the Georgian qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili retired.
No. 2 Seed Felix Auger-Aliiassime of Canada defeated No. 8 Seed Yunchaokete bu from China 6-3, 6-4, and the Netherlands’ Jesper de Jong upset Fifth Seed and Countyman Griekspora 7-6 (5), 6-4
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