CHENGDU. Alexander Bublik gets by Thompson in the 2nd round

Alexander Bublik wins against Jordan Thompson 6-4 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Chengdu on Thursday. Bublik will clash against Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Bublik got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Thompson in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Bublik to win the set since the Australian found the way to break back in the 6^th (3-3) game. Alexander kept his cool to break the Australian in the 7^th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Alexander conquered in the 11^th game (6-5) before winning the set (7-5).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Bublik scored 60 points vs. the Australian’s 50 points.

Alexander served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (31/37) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (9/16) on his second serve. The Kazakhstani struck 13 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Alexander was sharp when converting 75% of the break points that he procured (3/4). On the other side, the Australian was fantastic in converting all the break points (1/1). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this encounter, the head to head between Bublik and Thompson is 1-0 for Alexander.

Next Match: Alexander Bublik vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats

Bublik will play Dimitrov in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Alexander Bublik and Grigor Dimitrov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Chengdu

• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Bradley KlahnKlahn (3-6 6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Christian GarinGarin – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Joao SousaSousa – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Daniel EvansEvans (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – John IsnerIsner (6-7(11) 7-6(5) 7-6(4)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Christian GarinGarin (1-0) – See H2H details
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander BublikBublik – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Joao SousaSousa (0-0) – See H2H details