Carlos Alcaraz tops Alex Molcan 7-6(2) 6-1 in the semifinal in Hamburg on Saturday. Alcaraz will fight against Lorenzo Musetti in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes.
Alcaraz added to his prize money € 83,245 after winning this match. He has won already € 178,170 after this win. If he wins the next match, Carlos will add € 152,955 to his earnings to get in total € 331,125 in total.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alex Molcan Hamburg European Open – Hamburg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alcaraz scored 72 points vs. the Slovakian’s 54.
Alcaraz
The Spaniard won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Molcan
On the other side, the Slovakian was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). However, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz and Molcan is 1-0 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Lorenzo Musetti – stats
Alcaraz will play Musetti in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Lorenzo Musetti clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Alcaraz won the set after he broke Alex in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Molcan tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Anyhow, the Spaniard didn’t make any concession anymore to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 2.
Alcaraz failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.
Tiebreak
Carlos won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (6-0) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Molcan won a minibreak in the 8th (2-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0
, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 6-1, 6-2, 7-2Carlos converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Alex converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 7th (2-4 15-40) and the 8th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 87 points. It’s worth to point out that, Alcaraz won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Alex (43-44). The Spaniard dropped 17 points on serve (22-17). on the other side of the net, Alex conceded 21 points on serve (27-21).
Alcaraz was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Alex Molcan in the 1st game (1-0). The Spaniard managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Slovakian in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Alex was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Carlos converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40). On the other side, Carlos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. Carlos was the winner of the set after clinching 17 more points than Molcan (28-11). The Spaniard was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Alex conceded 16 points on serve (9-16).
Tennis Scores in Hamburg
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-3 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Alex MolcanMolcan (7-62 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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