Generali Open: Molcan into second round, plays Ofner next
The Slovak defeated Luca Van Assche 6-4, 6-3 to move into the second round
Alex Molcan
Slovak Alex Molcan defeated French teen Luca Van Assche 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the second round of the Generali Open at Kitzbühel Tennis Club in Kitzbuhel on Monday.
Molcan, ranked No 120 and now coached by Novak Djokovic‘s former coach Marian Vajda, will play No 4 seed Sebastian Ofner next.
Molcan improved to 29-16 on clay on the tour with this victory. The Slovak is playing the Kitzbuhel event for the first time in his career.
Pure confidence ✨
— ATP Tour (@atptour) July 31, 2023
Alex Molcan eases past Van Assche 6-4, 6-3 to reach the second round in Kitzbuhel! #GeneraliOpen pic.twitter.com/yUCOSqaZy5
Kitzbuhel ATP250, other first-round matches (Kitzbühel Tennis Club, clay, EUR 562,815)
- Daniel Elahi Galan beat Marco Cecchinato: 6-2, 6-2
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Facundo Bagnis vs. Dominic Thiem
- Dusan Lajovic vs. Zhizhen Zhang
- Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Dennis Novak
- Laslo Djere vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Guido Pella vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Hamad Medjedovic vs. Sebastian Baez
- Guido Andreozzi vs. Filip Misolic
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Juan Pablo Varillas
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