Alexander Bublik and Soon-Woo Kwon will face off in the semifinal of the Astana Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Bublik who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Bublik is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Bublik -> 1.57
Soon-Woo Kwon -> 2.54
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Bublik vs. Soon-Woo Kwon
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Bublik and Soon-Woo Kwon play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bublik (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Bublik won 7-6(1) 6-2 in the quarter in the Astana Challenger back in 2017.
Alexander Bublik
Ranked no. 34 (career-high), Alexander reached the semifinal after beating Miomir Kecmanovic 2-6 6-3 7-5 and Carlos Taberner 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, Bublik had a good straight sets win against Taberner (6-3 6-4). During the match, Bublik scored 70 points vs Taberner’s 56. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bublik managed to score 17 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Bublik conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Bublik put 73% of his first serves in, winning 87% (39/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 29% (5/17) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Taberner twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bublik started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Bublik has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (261-175). 6-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Bublik has a composed71-39 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Alexander’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Antalya and Singapore.
Bublik has a compiled 31-24 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nur-Sultan
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.
Soon-Woo Kwon
Ranked no. 82, Kwon got to the semifinal after beating Evgeny Donskoy 6-4 6-3, Dusan Lajovic 7-5 6-4 and Laslo Djere 7-64 2-6 6-0.
In the quarter, Soon-Woo defeated Djere (7-64 2-6 6-0). During the match Kwon and Djere scored the same amount of points (74). However, the world no. 34 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Soon-Woo was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Kwon wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Soon-Woo Kwon lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kwon put 54% of his first serves in, winning 55% (22/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the 2nd serve. The Korean broke Djere 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Soon-Woo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in the Biella 2 Challenger where he beat Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-2 6-3.
The Korean has an overall 25-18 win-loss record in 2021, 12-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nur-Sultan
The Korean has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bublik | Kwon |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 68 |
| Pts | 163-141 | 215-187 |
| Total Points | 304 | 402 |
| Winners | 81 | 79 |
| %Winners | 50% | 37% |
Bublik played 2 matches while Kwon competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Bublik conceded 1 set, while Soon-Woo Kwon surrendered 1 set. Bublik has played 2 set(s) less than Kwon (5 vs 7). Therefore, Bublik played 20 games less than Kwon. Bublik scored 81 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Kwon made 79 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bublik | Kwon |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 35 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 17.5 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 92/152 | 115/194 |
| %1st in | 61% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 81/92 | 79/115 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 25/60 | 45/79 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 57% |
Bublik fired 35 aces (17.5 per match). Kwon fired 8 aces (2.7 per match). Bublik won 88% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Kwon won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bublik | Kwon |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 12 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 12/25 |
| % Converted | 36% | 48% |
| Conceded | 8 | 10 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Bublik broke his opponents 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Bublik surrendered his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Kwon broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Soon-Woo conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bublik | ||||
| R2 Kecmanovic |
1/4 Taberner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 19 | 48 | |
| pts | 93-85 | 70-56 | 163-141 | |
| Total points | 178 | 126 | 304 | |
| Winners | 42 | 39 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 56% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 18 | 17 | 35 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 47/90 | 45/62 | 92/152 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 73% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 42/47 | 39/45 | 81/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 87% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/43 | 5/17 | 25/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 29% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/6 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 33% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 1/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 100% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Kwon | |||||
| R1 Donskoy |
R2 Lajovic |
1/4 Djere |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 6-4 | 7-64 2-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 27 | 68 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 75-64 | 74-74 | 215-187 | |
| Total points | 115 | 139 | 148 | 402 | |
| Winners | 24 | 33 | 22 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 44% | 30% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 31/52 | 44/68 | 40/74 | 115/194 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 65% | 54% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 33/44 | 22/40 | 79/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 75% | 55% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 12/24 | 18/34 | 45/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 50% | 53% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/8 | 6/11 | 12/25 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 38% | 55% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/3 | 2/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 29% | 48% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWWWLWL Tennis Scores in Nur
- James DuckworthDuckworth – John MillmanMillman (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Laslo DjereDjere (7-64 2-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – James DuckworthDuckworth (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Alexander BublikBublik (0-1) – H2H and prediction
