Novak Djokovic downs Alex Molcan 6-2 6-3 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Paris on Wednesday. Djokovic will play against Aljaz Bedene in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 16 minutes. Djokovic won this tournament twice in 2016 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs. Alex Molcan French Open – Paris
Djokovic’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Novak scored 106 points vs. Alex’s 76.
Djokovic
The Serbian served pretty well to win 79% of the points (52/66) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (14/23) on his second serve. The Serbian struck 10 aces without committing any double fault. Djokovic was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).
Molcan
On the other side, the Slovakian didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Djokovic and Molcan is 2-0 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Novak Djokovic vs. Aljaz Bedene – stats
Djokovic will come up against Bedene in the 3rd round.
This will be the 4th time that Novak Djokovic and Aljaz Bedene fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
The Serbian in this set was too strong for Molcan and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Molcan in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Djokovic converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, Novak didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 40 points. Novak was the one to win the set after conquering 16 points more than the Slovakian (28-12). Novak was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, the Slovakian conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Novak snatched in the 6th game (4-2) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
The Serbian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, the Serbian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 54 points. Novak was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than the Slovakian (31-23). Djokovic conceded 7 points on serve (21-7). In addition, on the other side, Molcan conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).
Novak won the set after he broke Alex in the 3rd (2-1) game. Alex tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Yet, Novak didn’t lose the lead to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.
Tiebreak
Novak won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 9th (6-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Slovakian won a minibreak in the 10th (4-6) point.
Novak won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Novak converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Slovakian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 88 points. Djokovic was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Alex (46-42). Novak conceded 14 points on serve (28-14). On the other side, the Slovakian conceded 18 points on serve (28-18).
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