Alexander Bublik surprises Grigor Dimitrov 5-7 7-69 7-63 in the quarter in Chengdu on Friday. Bublik will square off with Lloyd Harris in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Dimitrov started the set in the best possible way after breaking Bublik in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, there was more work to do for Dimitrov to win the set because the Kazakhstani succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. Dimitrov maintained his cool to break Alexander in the 12th (7-5) game.
2nd set.
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, Bublik won the tiebreak at 9.
3rd set.
Bublik took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Dimitrov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, there was more to do for Bublik to win the set as the Bulgarian found the way to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. The Kazakhstani maintained his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.
Statistics
Bublik won this encounter even if he scored less points than the Bulgarian (115 vs. 122).
Bublik served exceptionally well to win 82% of the points (64/78) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 39% points (18/46) on his second serve. Bublik fired 35 aces and he committed 15 double faults. Alexander was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (2/4). On the other side, Grigor was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (3/6). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Bublik and Dimitrov is 1-0 for Alexander.
Next Match: Alexander Bublik vs. Lloyd Harris – stats
Bublik will square off with Harris in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Bublik and Lloyd Harris clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bublik (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Bublik won 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in Moscow back in 2017.
Tennis Scores in Chengdu
- Alexander BublikBublik – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (5-7 7-69 7-63) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Joao SousaSousa (6-75 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-4 3-6 6-3) – 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 – Lloyd HarrisHarris (1-0) – See H2H details
