Alex de Minaur will be aiming to make the Australian Open quarter-finals for the first time when he takes on American talent Alex Michelsen at Rod Laver Arena on Monday night. The Australian eighth seed has reached the fourth round on four occasions but has never made it through to the last eight at Melbourne Park.

There are three American men aged 23 and under in the second week of a Grand Slam. That hasn't happened since 2003

Two of four American men still playing in Melbourne, Irvine native Tien, 19, and Aliso Viejo native Michelsen, 20, became friends on the youth tennis circuit

Alex Michelsen, part of a group of Americans making an impact at the Australian Open, defeated No. 19 seed Karen Khachanov to reach the round of 16.

Stefanos Tsitsipas twice smashed his racket onto his bag as he exited the Australian Open in the first round against young American Alex Michelsen. Tsitsipas, who is enduring a miserable run of Grand Slam form,

Alex Michelsen produced the biggest win so far of his fledgling career to upset 2023 runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas in the first round of the Australian Open and the first person he credited was his mom.

Alex de Minaur's Australian Open fourth-round opponent Alex Michelsen has a hip injury he received a medical timeout for in his previous match.

Learner Tien and Alex Michelsen were born about 15 months apart and first crossed paths a decade ago when they were playing in Southern California tennis