Alex Molcan victorious over Botic Van De Zandschulp 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Marrakech on Friday. Molcan will face Laslo Djere in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes.

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Molcan's Record

The Slovakian added to his prize money € 11,275 after conquering this match. He has won already € 27,885 up to now in this competition. If he wins the next match, the Slovakian will add € 19,545 to his earnings to get in total € 47,430.

Highlights Alex Molcan vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp Grand Prix Hassan II – Marrakech

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Molcan
Zandschulp
4-6 6-3 6-4
1h:51
91
91
Total points
75
75
44
44
Winners
43
43
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
57%
57%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
8
8
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
78%
78%
1st in
64%
64%
76%
76%
1st won
73%
73%
44/58
44/58
1st won
43/59
43/59
69%
69%
2nd won
39%
39%
11/16
11/16
2nd won
13/33
13/33
-- Break Points --
3/11
3/11
Total
2/3
2/3
27%
27%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, Alex scored 91 points vs. the Dutch’s 75.

Molcan

Alex served pretty well to win 76% of the points (44/58) behind his first serve, and he won 69% points (11/16) on his second serve. The Slovakian won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.

Van De Zandschulp

On the other side, Botic was effective at converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Molcan and Van De Zandschulp is 2-0 for Alex.

Draw and next match H2H: Alex Molcan vs. Laslo Djere – stats

Molcan will come up against Djere in the semifinal.

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

Live score progression and stats

Botic won the set after he broke the Slovakian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. The Slovakian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Nonetheless, Van De Zandschulp kept the focus to win the set 6-4.

Botic was spot on in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Molcan was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 4th

(2-1 40-A), the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 65 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Botic won just 1 point more than Alex (33-32). Botic dropped 17 points on serve (23-17). On the losing side, the Slovakian conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Molcan conquered in the 6th

game (4-2) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).

Molcan converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Slovakian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 49 points. Molcan was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Botic (30-19). Alex was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). In addition, on the other side, Van De Zandschulp conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).

Similarly to the 2nd set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Slovakian clinched in the 7th game (4-3) before finally winning the set (6-4).

They contested 52 points. Molcan won 8 points more than Van De Zandschulp (30-22). Alex was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (21-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Van De Zandschulp conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).

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