Pablo Andujar prevails over Molcan in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Andujar dispatches Molcan to come up against Alex De Minaur in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Pablo Andujar vs. Alex Molcan

Pablo Andujar victorious over Alex Molcan 6-4 7-6(6) 0-6 6-1 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Andujar will square off with Alex De Minaur in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 7 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2012, 2014 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

Andujar
Melbourne
Andujar's Record

Andujar added to his prize money $ 40,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 180,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Andujar will add $ 120,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 300,000 in total.

Highlights Pablo Andujar vs. Alex Molcan Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Andujar
Molcan
Pablo Andujar
6-4 7-66 0-6
6-1
3h:07
Alex Molcan
123
123
Total points
123
123
57
57
Winners
54
54
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
54
54
Unforced
51
51
51%
51%
Ratio Unforced
49%
49%
25/36
25/36
Net Approaches
10/14
10/14
69%
69%
Perc
71%
71%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
7
7
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
67%
67%
1st in
73%
73%
62%
62%
1st won
68%
68%
57/92
57/92
1st won
54/80
54/80
56%
56%
2nd won
48%
48%
25/45
25/45
2nd won
14/29
14/29
188
188
Fastest serve
198
198
173
173
AVG 1st Serve
173
173
143
143
AVG 2nd Serve
144
144
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
Total
4/18
4/18
50%
50%
Won
22%
22%
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Pablo won this match even if he won the same amount of points of the Slovakian (123 vs. 123).

Andujar

The Spaniard was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).

Molcan

On the other side, Alex had a tough time converting his break points (only 22% – 4/18). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Andujar and Molcan is 1-0 for Pablo.

Draw and next match H2H: Pablo Andujar vs. Alex De Minaur – stats

Andujar will square off with De Minaur in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Pablo Andujar and Alex De Minaur clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Andujar (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

Pablo Andujar Draw info

Live score progression and stats

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Pablo conquered in the 9th game (5-4) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-4).

The Spaniard converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, Alex was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 67 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Spaniard won just 3 points more than Molcan (35-32). The Spaniard dropped 14 points on serve (25-14). on the other side of the court, the Slovakian conceded 10 points on serve (18-10).

Andujar started the set in the best possible way after breaking Alex Molcan in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, there was more to do for the Spaniard to win the set because the Slovakian succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Spaniard maintained his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 6.

Tiebreak

The Spaniard won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Molcan 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, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Andujar converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 4th game (2-2 30-40). Pablo saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. In addition on the other side, Alex converted 12% of his break points (1/8). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 102 points. Pablo was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Alex (53-49). Pablo dropped 20 points on serve (34-20). On the losing side, Molcan conceded 19 points on serve (29-19).

This set was completely one-sided because Molcan conceded no games to Andujar before winning the set 6-0.

Molcan was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 5th game (4-0 0-40). On the other side, the Slovakian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 31 points. Molcan was the winner of the set after clinching 17 more points than the Spaniard (24-7). Alex was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). on the other side of the net, Andujar conceded 12 points on serve (4-12).

Andujar had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Alex Molcan in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. That break was sufficient for Pablo to win the set (6-1) as there were no other breaks.

A crucial moment of this set was when Pablo won 5 consecutive games in the 4th set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

Pablo converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Andujar didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 46 points. Pablo was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Molcan (28-18). Pablo conceded 9 points on serve (18-9). on the other side of the net, Alex conceded 10 points on serve (9-10).

 

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