Flavio Cobolli outlasts Alexander Bublik 4-6 6-1 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Beijing on Thursday after conquering a huge battle. Cobolli will engage against Pavel Kotov in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes.
Flavio added to his prize money $ 25,390 after winning this match. He has already won $ 54,405 after this win. If he wins the next match, Flavio will add $ 47,520 to his earnings to get in total $ 101,925 in total.
Highlights Flavio Cobolli vs. Alexander Bublik China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 100 points vs. Bublik’s 92.
Cobolli
The Italian served very well to win 81% of the points (50/62) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 45% points (21/47) on his second serve. The Italian was effective at converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5).
Bublik
On the other side, Alexander was not so effective in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Cobolli and Bublik is 1-0 for Flavio.
Draw and next match H2H: Flavio Cobolli vs. Pavel Kotov – stats
Cobolli will compete against Kotov in the 2nd round.
This will be the 5th time that Flavio Cobolli and Pavel Kotov square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Cobolli (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kotov won 6-1 7-65 in the 2nd round in Marrakech back in April 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Alexander won the set after he broke the Italian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Cobolli tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Nonetheless, Bublik didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-4.
Alexander was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40), the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Cobolli was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 8th game (3-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 77 points. Bublik was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Flavio (41-36). The Kazakhstani conceded 12 points on serve (21-12). On the losing side, Cobolli conceded 20 points on serve (24-20).
Cobolli overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Alexander Bublik in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Cobolli managed to boost his lead after breaking the Kazakhstani in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
One of the most important stints of the set was when the Italian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
The Italian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40). On the other side, Cobolli didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. Cobolli was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than the Kazakhstani (26-17). The Italian conceded 7 points on serve (15-7). On the other side, the Kazakhstani conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Cobolli won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Flavio won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Alexander won a minibreak in the 2nd (2-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the Kazakhstani wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (5-4 40-A).
They contested 72 points. Cobolli won 4 points more than Alexander (38-34). The Italian surrendered 11 points on serve (32-11). On the losing side, Alexander conceded 6 points on serve (23-6).
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