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\n Michelsen upsets former champ Fritz in Indian Wells<\/p>\n
Hijikata stuns Bublik, Norrie beats De Minaur<\/p>\n
March 10, 2026<\/p>\n
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Alex Michelsen in action at the BNP Paribas Open.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
Alex Michelsen<\/a> earned the biggest win of his career Monday when he defeated No. 7 in the PIF ATP Rankings Taylor Fritz<\/a>, 6-4, 7-6(6) in the third round at the BNP Paribas Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI played higher than my average level,\u201d Michelsen said after defeating the 2022 champion. “That’s what you have to do to beat a guy like him.”<\/p>\n Michelsen produced an impressive performance on serve to improve to 2-0 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with Fritz. The American crucially saved seven of the eight break points he faced, according to Infosys ATP Stats, and won 73 per cent (40\/55) of his first-serve points. Despite dropping serve while serving for the match, Michelsen held firm in the tie-break, where he saved a set point at 5\/6 before sealing the upset in one hour and 39 minutes. <\/p>\n “I kind of went back to muscle memory at that point,” Michelsen said, “Also got a little lucky twice there.”<\/p>\n With his victory over Fritz, the Michelsen notched his first Top 10 win since defeating No. 10 Lorenzo Musetti<\/a> en route to the quarter-finals at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Toronto in 2025. The 21-year-old will face two-time finalist Daniil Medvedev<\/a> or Sebastian Baez<\/a> in the fourth round.<\/p>\n In other action, Rinky Hijikata<\/a> rallied to upset 10th seed Alexander Bublik<\/a> 6-7(3), 7-6(3), 6-3 and advanced to the fourth round of an ATP Masters 1000 event for the first time. With the victory, the Australian qualifier earned his maiden Top 10 win. The 25-year-old will next face 2021 champion Cameron Norrie<\/a>.<\/p>\n Watch Hijikata vs. Bublik highlights:<\/p>\n