Andrey Rublev dispatches Alex Molcan 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Rome on Saturday. Rublev will engage against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Russian added to his prize money € 21,790 after winning this match. He has already won € 48,835 after this win. If he wins the next match, Andrey will add € 36,065 to his earnings to get in total € 84,900 in total.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Alex Molcan Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Rublev scored 58 points vs. Molcan’s 49.
Rublev
The Russian served extremely well to win 82% of the points (28/34) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (13/20) on his second serve. The Russian won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Molcan
On the other side, the Slovakian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Rublev and Molcan is 2-0 for Andrey.
Draw and next match H2H: Andrey Rublev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – stats
Rublev will square off with Davidovich Fokina in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Andrey Rublev and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Rublev won 1-6 7-66 7-63 in the 2nd round in Dubai back in March 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Andrey clinched in the 6th game (4-2) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
The Russian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Rublev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 52 points. This set was so close that, Rublev won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Rublev surrendered 7 points on serve (20-7). In addition, on the other side, Alex conceded 6 points on serve (19-6).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Andrey snatched in the 9th game (5-4) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
Andrey converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A). On the other side, Molcan was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 55 points. Andrey was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Molcan (32-23). Andrey dropped 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the court, the Slovakian conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).
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