Alex Molcan hustles Gaston in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Zverev at the French Open – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Molcan downs Gaston to come up against Alexander Zverev in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Hugo Gaston

Alex Molcan victorious over Hugo Gaston 6-1 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 1st round in Paris on Tuesday. Molcan will fight against Alexander Zverev in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 23 minutes. This run will match his best result in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.

Molcan
Paris
Molcan's Record

The Slovakian added to his prize money € 28,000 after winning this match. He has already won € 97,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Molcan will add € 45,000 to his earnings to get in total € 142,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Molcan
Gaston
Alex Molcan
6-1 7-64 6-4
2h:23
Hugo Gaston
115
115
Total points
89
89
42
42
Winners
28
28
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
31%
31%
29
29
Unforced
36
36
45%
45%
Ratio Unforced
55%
55%
23/36
23/36
Net Approaches
19/36
19/36
64%
64%
Perc
53%
53%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
4
4
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
66%
66%
1st in
50%
50%
62%
62%
1st won
56%
56%
42/68
42/68
1st won
28/50
28/50
57%
57%
2nd won
39%
39%
20/35
20/35
2nd won
20/51
20/51
-- Break Points --
7/18
7/18
Total
4/7
4/7
39%
39%
Won
57%
57%
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At the end of the match, Molcan scored 115 points vs. the French player’s 89.

Molcan

The Slovakian won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 39% (7/18) of the procured opportunities.

Gaston

On the other side, Gaston was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that he procured points (4/7). However, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Molcan and Gaston is 1-0 for Alex.

Draw and next match H2H: Alex Molcan vs. Alexander Zverev – stats

Molcan will face Zverev in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Alex Molcan and Alexander Zverev since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Alex Molcan Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Molcan HTML
MolcanGaston
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0
0
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Molcan was far too good to drop barely 1 game before breaking Hugo 2 times and win the set 6-1.

Hugo was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.

The Slovakian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Hugo was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 55 points. Alex was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than the French player (34-21). Alex surrendered 12 points on serve (22-12). On the other side, Hugo conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).

2nd Set -
Molcan Not
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Molcan had a favorable start in this set after breaking Hugo Gaston in the 1st game (1-0). However, there was more to do for Alex to win the set as Gaston managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 10th (5-5) game. The Slovakian kept his focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.

Molcan lost a big opportunity to break Hugo in the 5th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Tiebreak

The Slovakian won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the French player won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 6th (3-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

The Slovakian converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (2-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Gaston was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (0-1 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).

They played 91 points. Molcan won 5 more points than Gaston (48-43). Molcan surrendered 18 points on serve (25-18). Regarding the other side of the net, Hugo conceded 23 points on serve (25-23).

3rd Set -
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0
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0
0
0
0

Molcan had a favorable start in this set after breaking Hugo Gaston in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the Slovakian refused to bow to come back to break Hugo 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Hugo was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-4 to 6-4.

The Slovakian converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40), the 3rd (2-1 30-40), the 7th (3-4 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Hugo converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 58 points. Alex was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Hugo (33-25). Molcan conceded 11 points on serve (15-11). on the other side of the net, Gaston conceded 18 points on serve (14-18).

1st
Molcan
Gaston
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Molcan
Gaston
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
0
3rd
Molcan
Gaston
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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