Alexander Bublik tops Filip Krajinovic 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Marseille on Monday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 8 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alexander added to his prize money € 4,835 after winning this match. He has already won € 12,420 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alexander will add € 8,965 to his earnings to get in total € 21,385 in total.
Highlights Alexander Bublik vs. Filip Krajinovic Open 13 Provence – Marseille
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alexander scored 96 points vs. the Serbian’s 90.
Bublik
The Kazakhstani served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (46/59) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 43% points (16/37) on his second serve. The Kazakhstani fired 18 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Bublik was effective when converting 80% of the break points that he procured (4/5).
Krajinovic
On the other side, the Serbian wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 3/9). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Bublik and Krajinovic is 2-0 for Alexander.
Live score progression and stats
Krajinovic won the set after he broke Alexander in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Alexander tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Notwithstanding, Krajinovic kept the focus to conquer the set 7-5.
The Kazakhstani was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Krajinovic was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-5 0-40). On the other side, Alexander was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (3-4 15-40).
They contested 70 points. Filip conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Alexander (37-33). The Serbian surrendered 10 points on serve (22-10). on the other side of the court, the Kazakhstani conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Kazakhstani grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Krajinovic was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The Kazakhstani was perfect in converting all his break points in the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). On the other side, Bublik didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 53 points. Alexander won 9 more points than Krajinovic (31-22). Alexander was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). In addition, on the other side, the Serbian conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).
Bublik had a strong start of this set after breaking Filip Krajinovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, there was more to do for Alexander to win the set because Krajinovic found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) game.
The Kazakhstani converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (2-0 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Krajinovic converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 4th (0-3 15-40), the 6th (2-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 63 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the Kazakhstani won barely 1 point more than Krajinovic (32-31). Alexander surrendered 15 points on serve (23-15). On the other side, Krajinovic conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).
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