Diego Schwartzman overcomes Molcan in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – CINCINNATI RESULTS

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - CINCINNATI DRAW AND RESULTS. Schwartzman ousts Molcan to compete against Aslan Karatsev in the 2nd round

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Prediction and head to head Diego Sebastian Schwartzman vs. Alex Molcan

Diego Sebastian Schwartzman victorious over Alex Molcan 5-7 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Cincinnati on Monday. Schwartzman will have to play Aslan Karatsev in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the 3rd round in 2019 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Schwartzman's Record

The Argentine added to his prize money $ 20,205 after winning this match. He has won already $ 45,315 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Argentine will add $ 39,195 to his earnings to get in total $ 84,510 in total.

Highlights Diego Sebastian Schwartzman vs. Alex Molcan Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

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At the end of the match, the Argentine scored 105 points vs. Alex’s 95.

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Schwartzman was well focused in converting 55% of the break points that he conquered (6/11).

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On the other side, the Slovakian had a tough time converting his break points (only 36% – 4/11). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Schwartzman and Molcan is 2-0 for Diego.

Draw and next match H2H: Diego Sebastian Schwartzman vs. Aslan Karatsev – stats

Schwartzman will come up against Karatsev in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Diego Sebastian Schwartzman and Aslan Karatsev clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Karatsev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Diego Sebastian Schwartzman Draw info

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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Alex conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

Alex wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Argentine wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).

They contested 77 points. The Slovakian was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Schwartzman (41-36). The Slovakian surrendered 14 points on serve (29-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Schwartzman conceded 12 points on serve (22-12).

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Diego won the set after he broke Molcan 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game. Molcan tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. However, the Argentine kept the situation under control to win the set 6-4.

Schwartzman failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Argentine won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.

Diego converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-2 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Slovakian converted 22% of his break points (2/9). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (1-4 15-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).

They contested 81 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Schwartzman won just 1 point more than Alex (41-40). Diego lost 22 points on serve (23-22). Regarding the other side of the net, Alex conceded 18 points on serve (18-18).

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Schwartzman started the set in the best possible way after breaking Alex Molcan in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more to do for Schwartzman to win the set because Molcan managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Schwartzman maintained his cool to break Alex in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Schwartzman was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, the Slovakian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 30-40).

They played 42 points. Schwartzman conquered the set after winning 14 points more than Molcan (28-14). Diego dropped 9 points on serve (15-9). On the other side, the Slovakian conceded 13 points on serve (5-13).

 

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