Damir Dzumhur stuns Molcan in the 1st round of the Open Sud de France – MONTPELLIER RESULTS

OPEN SUD DE FRANCE - MONTPELLIER DRAW AND RESULTS. Dzumhur surprises Molcan to square off with Nikoloz Basilashvili in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Alex Molcan

Damir Dzumhur upsets Alex Molcan 7-6(5) 6-0 in the 1st round in Montpellier on Tuesday. Dzumhur will play against Nikoloz Basilashvili in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes. His best achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

Dzumhur
Montpellier
Dzumhur's Record

Damir added to his prize money € 4,165 after winning this match. He has won already € 9,170 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Bosnian will add € 5,010 to his earnings to get in total € 14,180 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Dzumhur
Molcan
Damir Dzumhur
7-65 6-0
1h:23
Alex Molcan
71
71
Total points
56
56
26
26
Winners
25
25
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
63%
63%
1st in
62%
62%
70%
70%
1st won
60%
60%
26/37
26/37
1st won
25/42
25/42
59%
59%
2nd won
42%
42%
13/22
13/22
2nd won
11/26
11/26
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
Total
1/3
1/3
67%
67%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the Bosnian scored 71 points vs. Alex’s 56.

Dzumhur

Dzumhur didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).

Molcan

On the other side, the Slovakian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this encounter, the head to head between Dzumhur and Molcan is 1-2 for Alex.

Draw and next match H2H: Damir Dzumhur vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili – stats

Dzumhur will compete against Basilashvili in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Damir Dzumhur and Nikoloz Basilashvili since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Damir Dzumhur Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Dzumhur had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Alex Molcan in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Damir to win the set since Alex succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (4-4) game. Dzumhur maintained his focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 5.

Tiebreak

Damir won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Molcan won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2) and 10th (5-5) point.

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

Damir was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40). On the other side, the Slovakian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40).

They played 79 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Bosnian won just 3 points more than Alex (41-38). Dzumhur lost 13 points on serve (27-13). on the other side of the court, the Slovakian conceded 14 points on serve (25-14).

The Slovakian was totally subdued and Dzumhur won the set 6-0.

The Slovakian lost the 6th game (6-0) when he was comfortably leading 40-0.

Damir converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 40-A). On the other side, the Slovakian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (0-4 30-40).

They contested 48 points. Damir was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Alex (30-18). The Bosnian conceded 7 points on serve (13-7). On the losing side, Molcan conceded 17 points on serve (11-17).

 

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