Alex Molcan prevails over Popyrin in the 2nd round to set up a battle vs Djere – BANJA LUKA RESULTS

Alex Molcan gets the better of Alexei Popyrin 7-6(4) 4-6 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Banja Luka on Wednesday. Molcan is going to play against Laslo Djere in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 57 minutes.

Banja Luka

Molcan's Record

Molcan added to his prize money € 7,130 after winning this match. He has already won € 17,010 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Slovakian will add € 12,345 to his earnings to get in total € 29,355 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Molcan

Popyrin

7-6⁴ 4-6 7-5
2h:57

116

116

Total points

112

112

46

46

Winners

51

51

40%

40%

Ratio Winners

46%

46%

-- Serve --

2

2

Aces

12

12

1

1

Double Faults

1

1

68%

68%

1st in

68%

68%

58%

58%

1st won

68%

68%

46/80

46/80

1st won

51/75

51/75

73%

73%

2nd won

47%

47%

27/37

27/37

2nd won

17/36

17/36

-- Break Points --

4/9

4/9

Total

4/10

4/10

44%

44%

Won

40%

40%

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At the end of the match, Molcan scored 116 points vs. Popyrin’s 112.

Molcan

Molcan won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Popyrin

On the other side, Popyrin had some problems converting his break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Molcan and Popyrin is 1-0 for Alex.

Draw and next match H2H: Alex Molcan vs. Laslo Djere – stats

Molcan will fight against Djere in the quarter.

This will be the 3^rd time that Alex Molcan and Laslo Djere square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Molcan and Djere (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Djere won 6-2 6-4 in the 1^st round in Pune back in January 2023.

Live score progression and stats

Molcan had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Alexei Popyrin in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Alex refused to bow to come back to break the Australian in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 8^th (4-4) game before winning the set (7-6).

Molcan converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-1 30-40) and the 8^th game (3-4 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Popyrin was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 15-40) and the 7^th game (3-3 0-40).

They contested 75 points. It’s worth to point out that, Alex won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Popyrin (36-39). Molcan dropped 11 points on serve (17-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Popyrin conceded 19 points on serve (28-19).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Australian snatched in the 10^th game (6-4) just before eventually conquering the set (6-4).

Popyrin failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.

Alexei was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10^th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, the Slovakian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 5^th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 62 points. This set was so close that, The Australian won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Alexei lost 10 points on serve (23-10). On the other side, Molcan conceded 8 points on serve (21-8).

Alex won the set after he broke Alexei in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. The Australian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8^th (4-4) game. Nonetheless, Molcan didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 7-5.

Molcan converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5^th (2-2 40-A) and the 11^th game (5-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Popyrin converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had his opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 30-40), the 6^th (2-3 40-A), the 8^th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10^th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 91 points. Molcan conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the Australian (48-43). The Slovakian surrendered 23 points on serve (32-23). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).

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