#NextGenATP Michelsen cracks Top 50, Mover of Week

p The North American hard-court season continued apace last week at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/winston-salem/6242/overview'Winston-Salem Open/a, where a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lorenzo-sonego/su87/overview'Lorenzo Sonego/a overcame #NextGenATP a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a in the final to seal his fourth ATP Tour crown. /p

p ATPTour.com looks at the movers in the PIF ATP Rankings as of Monday, 26 August. /p

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pstrong No. 49 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a, +3 (Career High) /strongbr /

One day shy of his 20th birthday, Michelsen stepped on court for his third ATP Tour final at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/winston-salem/6242/overview'Winston-Salem Open/a. Although the home favourite was comfortably defeated by Sonego at the ATP 250, he can look back on another positive step in his career ahead of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a. Michelsen has risen three spots to a career-high No. 49 in the PIF ATP Rankings. /p

pstrong No. 48 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lorenzo-sonego/su87/overview'Lorenzo Sonego/a, +10 /strongbr /

a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lorenzo-sonego/su87/overview'Lorenzo Sonego/a became just the 11th active ATP Tour player to win tour-level titles on outdoor hard, indoor hard, clay and grass with a dominant series of displays in Winston-Salem. The Italian, who had not won consecutive matches on hard courts this year prior to arriving in North Carolina, did not drop a set all week en route to clinching his first title for almost two years. /p

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pstrong No. 72 a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/juncheng--shang/s0re/overview" target="_blank"Shang Juncheng/a, +5 (Career High) /strongbr /

Chinese star Shang notched his 20th tour-level win of the year against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/francisco-comesana/c0df/overview'Francisco Comesana/a in the first round in Winston-Salem, and that victory was enough to propel him five spots to a career-high World No. 72. The 19-year-old Shang has also consolidated third place in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah: He remains 25 points clear of fourth-placed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jakub-mensik/m0ni/overview'Jakub Mensik/a as he bids to qualify for the season-ending a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a. /p

pstrong No. 78 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/david-goffin/gb88/overview'David Goffin/a, +12 /strongbr /

Former World No. 7 Goffin downed three seeded opponents in Winston-Salem en route to his first ATP Tour semi-final since April 2022. The Belgian overcame a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luciano-darderi/d0fj/overview'Luciano Darderi/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-rinderknech/rc91/overview'Arthur Rinderknech/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rinky-hijikata/h0bh/overview'Rinky Hijikata/a before falling to Sonego. Goffin has risen 12 spots to World No. 78, his highest PIF ATP Ranking since April 2023, as a result. /p

pstrong No. 106 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/christopher-eubanks/e865/overview'Christopher Eubanks/a, +14 /strongbr /

Eubanks boosted his bid for a quick return to the Top 100 with a quarter-final run in Winston-Salem. The home favourite prevailed against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/adam-walton/w09e/overview'Adam Walton/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hugo-gaston/g09o/overview'Hugo Gaston/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roman-safiullin/sx50/overview'Roman Safiullin/a before he fell in a deciding-set tie-break to eventual finalist Michelsen. /p

pstrong Other Notable Top 100 Movers /strongbr /

No. 21 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alejandro-tabilo/te30/overview'Alejandro Tabilo/a, +1 br /

No. 22 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/karen-khachanov/ke29/overview'Karen Khachanov/a, +1 br /

No. 60 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pavel-kotov/k09f/overview'Pavel Kotov/a, +3 br /

No. 62 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rinky-hijikata/h0bh/overview'Rinky Hijikata/a, +3 (Career High) br /

No. 80 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/zizou-bergs/bu13/overview'Zizou Bergs/a, +5 br /

No. 91 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-cazaux/c0h0/overview'Arthur Cazaux/a, +6 /p

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