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2024

PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah Update: Mensik, Michelsen, Shang in control after US Open

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pWins at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a for a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a, a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/juncheng-shang/s0re/overview" target="_blank"Shang Juncheng/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jakub-mensik/m0ni/overview'Jakub Mensik/a have enhanced the trio's chances of qualifying for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a, which takes place from 18-22 December./ppThe 19-year-old Shang earned wins against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-bublik/bk92/overview'Alexander Bublik/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roberto-carballes-baena/cf59/overview'Roberto Carballes Baena/a to reach the third round at a major for the second time. The Chinese lefty, who advanced to the last 32 in Melbourne in January, pushed former finalist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a to five sets in the third round but ultimately fell short./ppShang, who is third in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah, will next head to Asia, where he will compete on home soil at the ATP 250 event in Chengdu./ppstronga rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/next-gen-race" target="_blank"PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah/a/strong/ptable tbody tr tdstrongPlayernbsp;/strong/td tdstrongPoints/strongnbsp;/td /tr tr td1) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fils/f0f1/overview'Arthur Fils/a/td td1615/td /tr tr td2) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a/td td1016/td /tr tr td3) a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/juncheng-shang/s0re/overview" target="_blank"Shang Juncheng/a/td td795/td /tr tr td4) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jakub-mensik/m0ni/overview'Jakub Mensik/a/td td770/td /tr tr td5) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luca-van-assche/v0dz/overview'Luca Van Assche/a/td td425/td /tr tr td6) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/joao-fonseca/f0fv/overview'Joao Fonseca/a/td td365/td /tr tr td7) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/vilius-gaubas/g0fw/overview'Vilius Gaubas/a/td td286/td /tr tr td8) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/henrique-rocha/r0go/overview'Henrique Rocha/a/td td265/td /tr tr td9) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/learner-tien/t0ha/overview'Learner Tien/a/td td243/td /tr tr td10) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/coleman-wong/w0bh/overview'Coleman Wong/a/td td242/td /tr /tbody/table[ATP APP]pCzech a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jakub-mensik/m0ni/overview'Jakub Mensik/a advanced to the third round at Flushing Meadows in 2023 and was back at it in 2024. The 19-year-old, currently fourth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah, held three match points against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nuno-borges/bt72/overview'Nuno Borges/a in the third round but ultimately fell just short of reaching the fourth round at a Slam for the first time./ppWhile Shang and Mensik are aiming to make their debuts in Jeddah, second-placed Michelsen is trying to return for the second time./ppThe 20-year-old American backed up final runs on home soil in Newport and Winston-Salem by earning a match win in New York. Michelsen beat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/eliot-spizzirri/s0ja/overview'Eliot Spizzirri/a in the first round but then ran into eventual champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a./ppLower down the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah, eighth-placed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/henrique-rocha/r0go/overview'Henrique Rocha/a and 10th-placed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/coleman-wong/w0bh/overview'Coleman Wong/a reached the semi-finals at ATP Challenger Tour events in Cassis, France and Shanghai, respectively./pp[NEWSLETTER FORM]/p