MOSCOW. Andrey Rublev beats Bublik in the 1st round

KREMLIN CUP - MOSCOW. Rublev victorious over Bublik to take on Egor Gerasimov in the 2nd round

Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Alexander Bublik

Andrey Rublev prevails over Alexander Bublik 6-1 3-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Moscow on Tuesday. Rublev is going to play against Egor Gerasimov in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Rublev got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Bublik in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Rublev managed to boost his lead after breaking Alexander in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

2nd set.

Bublik had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Rublev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Bublik to win the set since Andrey found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.

A crucial moment of the match was when the Kazakhstani won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

3rd set.

Andrey won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Andrey broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Russian scored 84 points vs. Alexander’s 79 points.

Andrey served very well to win 78% of the points (36/46) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 42% points (15/36) on his second serve. The Russian was pretty focused in converting 63% of the break points that he procured (5/8). On the other side, the Kazakhstani was effective in converting 60% of the break points that he conquered points (3/5). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Rublev and Bublik is 1-1.

Next Match: Andrey Rublev vs. Egor Gerasimov – stats

Rublev will face Gerasimov in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Andrey Rublev and Egor Gerasimov face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gerasimov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they played, Gerasimov won 6-2 6-3 in the qualifications in Moscow back in 2013.

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