Steadfast Molcan survives Carreno-Busta in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS – HAMBURG RESULTS

HAMBURG EUROPEAN OPEN - HAMBURG DRAW AND RESULTS. Molcan survives Carreno-Busta to come up against Borna Coric in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta

Alex Molcan survives Pablo Carreno-Busta 6-3 1-6 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Hamburg on Wednesday after winning a huge battle. Molcan will try to keep the momentum against Borna Coric in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 30 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

Molcan
Hamburg
Molcan's Record

The Slovakian added to his prize money € 22,650 after winning this match. He has won already € 48,550 after this win. If he wins the next match, Molcan will add € 46,375 to his earnings to get in total € 94,925 in total.

Highlights Alex Molcan vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta Hamburg European Open – Hamburg

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Molcan
Carreno-Busta
Alex Molcan
6-3 1-6 7-65
2h:30
Pablo Carreno-Busta
92
92
Total points
103
103
42
42
Winners
37
37
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
13
13
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
60%
60%
1st in
64%
64%
65%
65%
1st won
67%
67%
42/65
42/65
1st won
37/55
37/55
55%
55%
2nd won
74%
74%
24/44
24/44
2nd won
23/31
23/31
-- Break Points --
2/8
2/8
Total
3/16
3/16
25%
25%
Won
19%
19%
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The Slovakian won this match even if he conquered less points than the Spaniard (92 vs. 103).

Molcan

Molcan won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 25% (2/8) of the procured opportunities.

Carreno-Busta

On the other side, Pablo wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 19% – 3/16). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Alex Molcan vs. Borna Coric – stats

Molcan will take on Coric in the quarter.

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

Alex Molcan Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Molcan took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Pablo Carreno-Busta in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for the Slovakian to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Alex converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Pablo was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 51 points. Molcan was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Carreno-Busta (28-23). Alex dropped 9 points on serve (20-9). On the other side, Pablo conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).

Molcan took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Pablo Carreno-Busta in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Pablo managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Slovakian in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

Certainly, a key moment was when Pablo won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

Carreno-Busta was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 0-40). On the other side, Molcan wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (1-5 40-A).

They played 41 points. Pablo was the winner of the set after clinching 17 more points than the Slovakian (29-12). Pablo conceded 5 points on serve (18-5). on the other side of the net, Alex conceded 11 points on serve (7-11).

Molcan was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Pablo Carreno-Busta in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, Alex refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Pablo in the 6th (3-3) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

Tiebreak

Molcan won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Pablo won a minibreak in the 8th (4-4) point.

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

Molcan converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Pablo converted 12% of his break points (1/8). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-1 40-A), the 9th (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A and 40-A).

They played 98 points. This set was so close that, Alex won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Alex dropped 22 points on serve (35-22). Regarding the other side of the net, Pablo conceded 14 points on serve (27-14).

 

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