Illya Marchenko stuns Alexander Bublik 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Moscow on Tuesday. Marchenko will face off with John Millman in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2009. Here you can see his history at this event.
Illya added to his prize money $ 5,960 after winning this match. He has won already $ 14,960 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Ukrainian will add $ 8,300 to his earnings to get in total $ 23,260 in total.
Highlights Illya Marchenko vs. Alexander Bublik Kremlin Cup – Moscow
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Ukrainian scored 68 points vs. the Kazakhstani’s 53.
Marchenko
Marchenko served very well to win 79% of the points (26/33) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (15/25) on his second serve. The Ukrainian won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Bublik
On the other side, Bublik wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Marchenko and Bublik is 1-0 for Illya.
Draw and next match H2H: Illya Marchenko vs. John Millman – stats
Marchenko will take on Millman in the 2nd round.
This will be the 4th time that Illya Marchenko and John Millman clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Millman (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they squared off, Millman won 5-7 7-60 6-3 in the 2nd round in Wimbledon back in September 2021.
Live score progression and stats
The Ukrainian won the set after he broke the Kazakhstani in the 3rd (2-1) game. Bublik tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Nonetheless, Illya didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 6-4.
They played 64 points. Illya was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than the Kazakhstani (36-28). The Ukrainian conceded 7 points on serve (21-7). On the other side, Alexander conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).
Marchenko overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Alexander Bublik in the 1st game (1-0). Marchenko improved his lead after breaking Bublik in the 9th (6-3) game before winning the set.
They contested 55 points. Illya was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than the Kazakhstani (33-22). Marchenko lost 10 points on serve (19-10). On the losing side, Alexander conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
Tennis Scores in Moscow
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Gilles SimonSimon – Laslo DjereDjere (6-73 7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Guido PellaPella (6-2 0-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (1-6 7-66 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 1-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Mikael YmerYmer (7-67 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Borna GojoGojo (3-6 7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- John MillmanMillman – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-75 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-74 6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – John MillmanMillman (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Federico CoriaCoria – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tommy PaulPaul – Marin CilicCilic (0-0) – H2H details and stats