Alex Molčan celebrates the biggest triumph in his career: It is a great success of the whole Slovak tennis – Sports

NEW YORK – Slovak tennis player Alex Molčan celebrates the greatest success of his career at the US Open. In the premiere at the grand slam tournament, he fought his way to the 3rd round of singles and the next team will compete with the eleventh seeded Argentine Diego Sebastian Schwartzman.

The 20-year-old qualifier has already scored the scalps of Turk Cem Ilkel and the native American Brandon Nakashi in New York. “Congratulations to Alex on advancing to the US Open among the 32 best players in the world. It’s a great success for this talented player and all Slovak tennis. Congratulations to the NTC coaching team – Ladislav Simon and fitness coach David Olasz – doing a great job. I’m looking forward to another Alex match against Schwartzman and I keep my fingers crossed for him and his coaching team, “ said Igor Moška, ​​General Secretary of the Slovak Tennis Association (STZ).

This year, Molčan played the finals of the ATP tournament in Belgrade, where he lost to Serbian favorite Novak Djokovic. “Alex achieved a very nice result by advancing to the third round. He proves that he is in great progress and the previous good results were not accidental. I am very pleased, because for the first time from qualifying to the main grand slam competition “I wish Alex and his whole team a lot and congratulations to them. They deserve it for the hard work they do. Alex is a promise for Slovak tennis and I believe he hasn’t said the last word yet.” added STZ president Tibor Macko on stz.sk.