Alexander Bublik dispatches Lloyd Harris 7-66 6-4 in the semifinal in Chengdu on Saturday. Bublik is going to play against Pablo Carreno-Busta in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Bublik won the set after he broke Lloyd in the 5th (3-2) game. Harris tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. However, Bublik didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set at the following breaker at 6.
2nd set.
There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Bublik conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Alexander scored 71 points vs. the South African’s 67 points.
Bublik served exceptionally well to win 89% of the points (39/44) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 43% points (13/30) on his second serve. The Kazakhstani struck 21 aces and he committed 9 double faults. Alexander won this match even if he was struggling in converting his break points because he converted only 25% (2/8). On the other side, Lloyd was absolutely great in converting all the break points (1/1). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Bublik and Harris is 2-0 for Alexander.
Next Match: Alexander Bublik vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta – stats
Bublik will take on Carreno-Busta in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Bublik and Pablo Carreno-Busta square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Carreno-Busta (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Carreno-Busta won 6-4 2-6 7-61 in the quarter in Moscow back in 2016.
Tennis Scores in Chengdu
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Alexander BublikBublik (1-0) – See H2H details
