Bublik bests Tiafoe in the 1st round of the Viking International. HIGHLIGHTS – EASTBOURNE RESULTS

VIKING INTERNATIONAL - EASTBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Bublik ousts Tiafoe to square off with John Millman in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Bublik vs. Frances Tiafoe

Alexander Bublik gets the better of Frances Tiafoe 5-7 7-6(4) 6-0 in the 1st round in Eastbourne on Monday. Bublik will seek to keep on going in this event against John Millman in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

Bublik
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Bublik's Record

Bublik added to his prize money € 4,760 after winning this match. He has won already € 12,240 after this win. If he wins the next match, Bublik will add € 8,840 to his earnings to get in total € 21,080 in total.

Highlights Alexander Bublik vs. Frances Tiafoe Viking International – Eastbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Bublik
Tiafoe
Alexander Bublik
5-7 7-64 6-0
1h:50
Frances Tiafoe
98
98
Total points
89
89
37
37
Winners
36
36
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
2
2
11
11
Double Faults
2
2
46%
46%
1st in
55%
55%
84%
84%
1st won
71%
71%
37/44
37/44
1st won
36/51
36/51
49%
49%
2nd won
49%
49%
25/51
25/51
2nd won
20/41
20/41
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
Total
3/6
3/6
42%
42%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Bublik scored 98 points vs. the American’s 89.

Bublik

The Kazakhstani served pretty well to win 84% of the points (37/44) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 49% points (25/51) on his second serve. The Kazakhstani blasted 17 aces and he committed 11 double faults. The Kazakhstani won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.

Tiafoe

On the other side, Tiafoe was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (3/6). However, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Bublik and Tiafoe is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Bublik vs. John Millman – stats

Bublik will play Millman in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Alexander Bublik and John Millman since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Alexander Bublik Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Tiafoe won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) and in the 6th (2-4) game, Frances broke back 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.

The Kazakhstani was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-5 to 7-5.

Tiafoe was perfect in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40), the 8th (3-5 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, Alexander was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 65 points. Frances was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than the Kazakhstani (35-30). Frances conceded 14 points on serve (21-14). On the other side, Bublik conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, the Kazakhstani won the tiebreak at 7-4.

Tiebreak

Bublik won 3 minibreaks in the 7th (3-4), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the American won a minibreak in the 5th (3-2) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

Alexander wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 40-A). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 88 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Kazakhstani won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Tiafoe (43-45). The Kazakhstani lost 16 points on serve (34-16). On the losing side, the American conceded 9 points on serve (29-9).

Frances was broken 3 times and Bublik won the set 6-0.

The Kazakhstani converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Bublik didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 34 points. Bublik conquered the set after winning 16 more points than Tiafoe (25-9). Bublik was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). On the losing side, Frances conceded 13 points on serve (6-13).

 

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