The 25-year-old is at the moment ranked exterior the world's prime 80, and he has by no means notched an ATP title. He will face a troublesome check within the quarters, the place he is because of come up towards Argentine teen Sebastian Baez.

Molcan's beautiful comeback victory sparked a large response on Twitter, the place @Tennis4everrr wrote: "One of the craziest chokes/comebacks (depends on point of view) in tennis history."

Meanwhile, @notsleeeping added: "That's the great part about tennis, no clock. You can be up 6-4 5-0 and win in one minute or lose in two hours."