MARSEILLE RESULTS. Bublik gets by Fucsovics in the 1st round

Alexander Bublik tops Marton Fucsovics 6-4 7-5 in the 1^st round in Marseille on Monday. Bublik will have to play Benoit Paire in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Bublik got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Fucsovics in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Bublik to win the set as the Hungarian succeeded in breaking back in the 7^th (3-4) game. Alexander kept his focus to break Fucsovics in the 10^th (6-4) game.

2^nd set.

Alexander won the set after he broke the Hungarian in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 12^th (7-5) game. Fucsovics tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5^th (3-2) game. Yet, Alexander managed to stay calm and finish the job before winning the set 7-5.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 71 points vs. Fucsovics’s 61 points.

Bublik served extremely well to win 78% of the points (31/40) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 47% points (14/30) on his second serve. Bublik didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8). On the other side, Marton was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

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

Next Match H2H: Alexander Bublik vs. Benoit Paire – stats

Bublik will face Paire in the 2^nd round.

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

Tennis Scores in Marseille

• Jannik SinnerSinner – Norbert GombosGombos (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-6⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Antoine HoangHoang (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-4 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Mikael YmerYmer – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

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• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (1-0) – See H2H details
• Aljaz BedeneBedene – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-3) – See H2H details
• Benoit PairePaire – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – See H2H details
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – See H2H details
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Dennis NovakNovak (0-1) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – See H2H details
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Vasek PospisilPospisil (0-0) – See H2H details
• Mikael YmerYmer – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – See H2H details