Molcan surprises Auger-Aliassime in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS – MARRAKECH RESULTS

    GRAND PRIX HASSAN II - MARRAKECH DRAW AND RESULTS. Molcan upsets Auger-Aliassime to play Botic Van De Zandschulp in the quarter

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Felix Auger Aliassime

    Alex Molcan surprises Felix Auger Aliassime 6-4 2-6 7-6(7) in the 2nd round in Marrakech on Thursday. Molcan will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Botic Van De Zandschulp in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 36 minutes.

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    Molcan added to his prize money € 7,230 after conquering this match. He has won already € 16,610 after this win. If he wins the next match, Molcan will add € 11,275 to his earnings to get in total € 27,885 in total.

    Highlights Alex Molcan vs. Felix Auger Aliassime Grand Prix Hassan II – Marrakech

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

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    Molcan won this match even if he scored less points than Auger-Aliassime (99 vs. 105).

    Molcan

    The Slovakian won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.

    Auger-Aliassime

    On the other side, Felix was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 4/12). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

    After this contest, the head to head between Molcan and Auger-Aliassime is 1-0 for Alex.

    Draw and next match H2H: Alex Molcan vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp – stats

    Molcan will face Van De Zandschulp in the quarter.

    This will be the 2nd time that Alex Molcan and Botic Van De Zandschulp fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Molcan (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

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    Molcan won the set after he broke the Canadian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game. The Canadian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Nonetheless, Alex stayed solid to win the set 6-4.

    Molcan converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, Felix converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 7th (3-4 0-40) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

    They contested 56 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Slovakian won just 2 more points than Felix (29-27). The Slovakian surrendered 12 points on serve (18-12). Regarding the other side of the net, the Canadian conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).

    Felix in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Molcan and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Alex in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

    Auger-Aliassime was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Alex was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 5th game (1-3 30-40).

    They contested 48 points. Auger-Aliassime was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the Slovakian (28-20). Felix lost 9 points on serve (19-9). On the losing side, Molcan conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).

    Alex won the set after he broke Felix in the 3rd (2-1) game. Auger-Aliassime tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Nonetheless, the Slovakian maintained the focus to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 7.

    Tiebreak

    The Slovakian won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (5-3) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, the Canadian won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 10th (5-5) point.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7

    Molcan converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Alex saved 1 set point when he was trailing 6-7. Furthermore, on the other side, the Canadian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40).

    They played 100 points. This set was so close that, Alex won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. The Slovakian lost 19 points on serve (34-19). On the losing side, the Canadian conceded 16 points on serve (31-16).

     

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