Alex Molcan wins against Karen Khachanov 6-2 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Lyon on Wednesday. Molcan will seek to keep on going in this event against Federico Coria in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes.
The Slovakian added to his prize money € 6,780 after winning this match. He has won already € 16,160 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Slovakian will add € 11,725 to his earnings to get in total € 27,885 in total.
Highlights Alex Molcan vs. Karen Khachanov Open Parc – Lyon
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:30
At the end of the match, Alex scored 67 points vs. Karen’s 55.
Molcan
Alex was effective when converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).
Khachanov
On the other side, the Russian was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Molcan and Khachanov is 1-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex Molcan vs. Federico Coria – stats
Molcan will square off with Coria in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Alex Molcan and Federico Coria square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Coria (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
The Slovakian in this set was too strong for the Russian and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Khachanov in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Karen had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Slovakian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Khachanov was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 45 points. Alex won 7 more points than Khachanov (26-19). The Slovakian lost 7 points on serve (17-7). On the other side, Karen conceded 9 points on serve (12-9).
Molcan won the set after he broke the Russian in the 4th (3-1) game. Khachanov tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, Alex didn’t blink to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.
Tiebreak
Alex won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Russian won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1) and 9th (4-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
The Slovakian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Karen converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 77 points. Alex won 5 points more than the Russian (41-36). Alex dropped 13 points on serve (25-13). On the losing side, Khachanov conceded 16 points on serve (23-16).
Tennis Scores in Lyon
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- Federico CoriaCoria – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-2 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Oscar OtteOtte (5-7 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Ugo HumbertHumbert (1-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Michael MmohMmoh – Manuel GuinardGuinard (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Federico CoriaCoria (0-0) – H2H details and stats
