Swiss Indoors: Molcan earns second-round clash with Rinderknech
Alex Molcan edged out Mackenzie McDonald 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 on Tuesday and will face French qualifier Arthur Rinderknech in the next round
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Slovak Alex Molcan reached the second round of the Swiss Indoors by edging out American Mackenzie McDonald 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 at the Halle Saint-Jacques in Basle on Tuesday afternoon.
Molcan, ranked No 46, will play French qualifier Arthur Rinderknech next.
Basle ATP 500, other first-round results (Halle Saint-Jacques, EUR 2.276.105, most recent results first):
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Jenson Brooksby vs. Ugo Humbert
- Alex De Minaur vs. Holger Rune
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Laslo Djere
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Casper Ruud
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Maxime Cressy vs. Dominic Stricker
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Adrian Mannarino: tuesday
- Andy Murray beat Roman Safiullin (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4
- Pablo Carreno Busta (5) beat Sebastian Baez: 6-2, 6-1
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Marin Čilić (4): 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Jack Draper: 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
- Alexander Bublik beat Aslan Karatsev (LL): 6-3, 7-6 (2)
- Brandon Nakashima beat David Goffin (WC): 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
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