CHENGDU. Bublik upsets Harry Fritz in the 1st round

Alexander Bublik stuns Taylor Harry Fritz 4-6 7-5 7-5 in the 1^st round in Chengdu on Wednesday. Bublik will clash against Jordan Thompson in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Harry Fritz started the set strong after breaking Bublik in the 1^st game (1-0). That break resulted decisive for Harry Fritz to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.

2^nd set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Alexander conquered in the 12^th game (7-5).

3^rd set.

Similarly to the 2^nd set, Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Bublik conquered in the 12^th game (7-5).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 101 points vs. the American’s 92 points.

The Kazakhstani served pretty well to win 83% of the points (48/58) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (20/34) on his second serve. The Kazakhstani struck 25 aces and he committed 9 double faults. Alexander was exceptional in converting all the break points (2/2). On the other side, the American was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 20% of his break points (1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Bublik and Harry Fritz is 1-0 for Alexander.

Next Match: Alexander Bublik vs. Jordan Thompson – stats

Bublik will square off with Thompson in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Alexander Bublik and Jordan Thompson since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Chengdu

• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Joao SousaSousa – Hyeon ChungChung (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (4-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Zhe LiLi (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Christian GarinGarin – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Bradley KlahnKlahn – Jason JungJung (4-6 6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Yan BaiBai (6-3 4-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – See H2H details
• John IsnerIsner – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Daniel EvansEvans – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-1) – See H2H details
• Bradley KlahnKlahn – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Joao SousaSousa – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – See H2H details
• Benoit PairePaire – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (8-3) – See H2H details
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander BublikBublik – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – See H2H details