Alexander Bublik and Carlos Taberner will face off in the quarter of the Astana Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Bublik who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Bublik is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Bublik -> 1.41
Carlos Taberner -> 3.1

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Bublik vs. Carlos Taberner

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

Alexander Bublik

Ranked no. 34 (career-high), the Kazakhstani got to the quarter after defeating Miomir Kecmanovic 2-6 6-3 7-5.

In the 2^nd round against Kecmanovic, Bublik recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Bublik scored 93 points vs Kecmanovic’s 85. The Kazakhstani was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Bublik managed to score 18 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Alexander Bublik lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bublik put 52% of his first serves in, winning 89% (42/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (20/43) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Kecmanovic twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Bublik has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (260-175). 5-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bublik has a composed70-39 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Bublik’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Antalya and Singapore.

Bublik has a composed 30-24 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Nur-Sultan

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2020. See his history.

Nur-Sultan

Bublik's Record

Carlos Taberner

Ranked no. 117, the Spaniard got to the quarter after beating Richard Berankis 7-5 6-4 and Egor Gerasimov 5-7 7-6⁵ 7-5.

In the 2^nd round against Gerasimov, Carlos recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-6⁵ 7-5).-120) than Gerasimov. In fact, the world no. 34 won 120 points vs Gerasimov’s. That means that Taberner was more focused during the important points. Carlos was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.

About the serving games, Taberner recorded 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Carlos Taberner lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 56% of his first serves in, winning 65% (45/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (27/54) on the 2nd serve. Carlos broke Gerasimov 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Taberner started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Antalya 2 Challenger where he overcame Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the final 6-4 6-1 and in the Aix En Provence Challenger where he beat Manuel Guinard in the final 6-2 6-2.

Taberner has a composed 34-19 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Nur-Sultan

Taberner has never competed in this tournament before.

Nur-Sultan

Taberner's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Bublik played 1 match while Taberner competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Bublik dropped 1 set, while Carlos Taberner conceded 1 set. Bublik has played 2 set(s) less than Taberner (3 vs 5). Therefore, Bublik played 30 games less than Taberner. Alexander scored 42 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard recorded 74 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Bublik blasted 18 aces . Taberner bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Bublik won 89% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Taberner won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Alexander broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Carlos conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Alexander
Bublik

1:0

Carlos
Taberner

Rank

23

High

17

1I.hard0

Rank

306

High

85

Win Loss

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Taberner

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23 - 16

26 - 23

9-6

Hard

0-2

5-1

I Hard

1-1

5-5

Clay

25-20

4-4

Grass

0-0

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Bublik

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Taberner