Halle: Bublik, two years later

Fifth tournament victory for Alexander Bublik, and second double! After winning the Montpellier tournament in 2022 and 2024, the Kazakh player won the Halle tournament this Sunday, where he had already won two years ago. In 2023, the Kazakh had beaten a Russian, Andrey Rublev, and this year, he presented this by getting rid of Daniil Medvedev. The world n ° 45 has established itself on the score of 6-3, 7-6 in 1h22 against n ° 11, against which he had never gained in seven confrontations since 2016!

But for their very first grass match, Bublik had the last word. The recent quarter finalist of Roland-Garros, a fall of Jannik Sinner, Tomas Machac and Karen Khachanov this week, was intractable in the service: 11 aces and no Break conceded. He certainly had a break ball to defend from his first service game, but he saved it, and the games then paraded on both sides, up to 3-3. BUBLIK was then led 0-30 on its put into play, but he then accelerated suddenly and won the following twelve points, and therefore the set!

Medvedev lost six finals in a row

In the second set, Bublik missed two break balls at 1-1 and another at 3-3, but he then had to defend a set ball at 4-5. What he did, before pushing Medvedev to compete in a tie-break. A decisive game that the Russian started well by leading 4-1, but he then lost six points in a row, facing a trance Bublik, who collapsed joy after the match ball.

Descended to 80th in the world in March, Kazakh (which was 17th in the world in May 2024) is one of the players in the form of the moment, and will climb to 30th on Monday. Here is a player whom nobody will want in his table in Wimbledon! As for Medvedev, he is still waiting for his first title since Rome 2023, and has been at six finals lost since (his first against a player other than Djokovic-Sinner-Alcaraz). However, he will console himself by finding the top 10 on Monday.