Alex Molcan shocks Borna Coric 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells on Saturday. Molcan will play against Marton Fucsovics in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes.

Indian Wells
Molcan's Record

Molcan added to his prize money $ 24,885 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 55,770 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add $ 41,185 to his earnings to get in total $ 96,955 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Molcan
Coric
6-3 6-3
1h:49
78
78
Total points
65
65
35
35
Winners
21
21
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
3
3
5
5
Double Faults
3
3
64%
64%
1st in
58%
58%
67%
67%
1st won
58%
58%
35/52
35/52
1st won
21/36
21/36
45%
45%
2nd won
42%
42%
13/29
13/29
2nd won
11/26
11/26
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
1/9
1/9
44%
44%
Won
11%
11%
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At the end of the match, Molcan scored 78 points vs. the Croatian’s 65.

Molcan

Alex won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Coric

On the other side, the Croatian was struggling when converting his break points (only 11% – 1/9). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Molcan and Coric is 2-0 for Alex.

Draw and next match H2H: Alex Molcan vs. Marton Fucsovics – stats

Molcan will square off with Fucsovics

in the 3rd round.

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

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Molcan 6-3
MolcanCoric
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
MolcanCoric
6
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MolcanCoric
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
MolcanCoric
5
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
MolcanCoric
4
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
MolcanCoric
4
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
MolcanCoric
4
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
MolcanCoric
3
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MolcanCoric
2
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
MolcanCoric
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15

Molcan conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Borna Coric in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for the Slovakian to win the set because the Croatian managed to break back in the 5th (1-4) game.

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Molcan won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

Alex converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 3rd (3-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Croatian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (0-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).

They contested 71 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Molcan won just 3 points more than the Croatian (37-34). Alex conceded 16 points on serve (23-16). In addition, on the other side, Coric conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).

2nd Set -
Molcan 6-3
MolcanCoric
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
MolcanCoric
5
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MolcanCoric
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
MolcanCoric
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MolcanCoric
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
MolcanCoric
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MolcanCoric
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
MolcanCoric
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40

Alex won the set after he broke the Croatian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Molcan converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, the Croatian was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 72 points. The Slovakian was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than the Croatian (41-31). The Slovakian dropped 17 points on serve (25-17). On the losing side, the Croatian conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).

1st
Molcan
Coric
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Molcan
Coric
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1

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