Alexander Bublik stuns Alexander Zverev 6-4 6-3 in the final in Montpellier on Sunday to win his 1st career title after being the runner-up on 4 occasions. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes. His most significant achievement in this event so far was reaching the 2nd round. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Bublik won this match using his great variations and executing numerous drop shots.
Alexander added € 13,755 to his prize money after conquering this final. He has earned € 45,865 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Alexander Bublik vs. Alexander Zverev Open Sud de France – Montpellier
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:09
At the end of the match, Alexander scored 59 points vs. Alexander’s 46.
Bublik
Alexander served pretty well to win 86% of the points (25/29) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 42% points (8/19) on his second serve. Bublik was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).
Zverev
On the other side, the German was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Bublik and Zverev is 2-0 for Alexander.
This was the 1st career title for Alexander. (see list of titles and finals). Alexander remains with 19th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
The Kazakhstani won the set after he broke Alexander in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Alexander tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Anyhow, Bublik managed to stay calm and finish the job to win the set 6-4.
Bublik converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Alexander converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 6th (2-3 0-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 56 points. This set was so close that, The Kazakhstani won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Alexander dropped 11 points on serve (17-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Zverev conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).
Alexander won the set after he broke Alexander in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Bublik converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, Bublik didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 49 points. Bublik was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than Zverev (31-18). The Kazakhstani was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Zverev conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
