ROTTERDAM RESULTS. Alexander Bublik victorious over Barrere in the 1st round

Alexander Bublik aces Gregoire Barrere 6-3 6-7² 6-4 in the 1^st round in Rotterdam on Tuesday. Bublik will seek to keep on going in this event against Andrey Rublev in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Bublik started the set in the best possible way after breaking Barrere in the 1^st game (1-0). Bublik extended his lead after breaking Barrere in the 9^th (6-3) game before winning the set.

2^nd set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Barrere won the breaker at 2.

3^rd set.

Bublik started the set in the best possible way after breaking Barrere in the 1^st game (1-0). That was decisive for Bublik to win the set (6-4) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Alexander scored 97 points vs. Gregoire’s 84 points.

The Kazakhstani served very well to win 87% of the points (39/45) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (25/41) on his second serve. Bublik blasted 16 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Bublik was sharp when converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5). On the other side, Barrere wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Bublik and Barrere is 1-1.

Next Match H2H: Alexander Bublik vs. Andrey Rublev – stats

Bublik will compete against Rublev in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 4^th time that Alexander Bublik and Andrey Rublev fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on I.hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Bublik won 6-4 7-6¹⁰ in the qualifications in Moscow back in 2016.

Tennis Scores in Rotterdam

• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 6-7² 6-4) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-7² 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Aljaz BedeneBedene – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-5 6-7³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 7-6¹ 6-1) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Gilles SimonSimon – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-6(3) 3-6 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (2-1) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Joao SousaSousa (3-1) – See H2H details
• Robin HaaseHaase – David GoffinGoffin (1-6) – See H2H details
• Daniel EvansEvans – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Aljaz BedeneBedene – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – See H2H details
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Vasek PospisilPospisil (1-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander BublikBublik – Andrey RublevRublev (1-2) – See H2H details
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – See H2H details