Alexander Bublik outlasts Grigor Dimitrov 7-5 3-6 7-6(6) in the quarter in Marseille on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Bublik will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Hubert Hurkacz in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
Bublik added to his prize money € 15,520 after conquering this match. He has already won € 36,905 up to now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Bublik will add € 25,865 to his earnings to get in total € 62,770.
Highlights Alexander Bublik vs. Grigor Dimitrov Open 13 Provence – Marseille
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:19
Bublik won this contest even if he won less points than the Bulgarian (96 vs. 100).
Bublik
Alexander served very well to win 77% of the points (46/60) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (22/39) on his second serve. Alexander fired 16 aces and he committed 7 double faults. The Kazakhstani was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (2/3).
Dimitrov
On the other side, Dimitrov was well focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Bublik and Dimitrov is 3-2 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Bublik vs. Hubert Hurkacz – stats
Bublik will take on Hurkacz in the semifinal.
This will be the 6th time that Alexander Bublik and Hubert Hurkacz fight against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Hurkacz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Hurkacz won 7-68 4-6 6-3 in the R in Australia back in January 2023.
Live score progression and stats
The Kazakhstani won the set after he broke the Bulgarian in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Dimitrov tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Anyhow, the Kazakhstani didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 7-5.
Grigor couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Bublik was spot on in converting all his break points in the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). On the other side, Dimitrov converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 69 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Bublik won just 3 more points than Dimitrov (36-33). Bublik dropped 9 points on serve (21-9). on the other side of the court, the Bulgarian conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Dimitrov clinched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Dimitrov was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (2-1 40-A). On the other side, the Bulgarian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 48 points. Grigor was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Bublik (26-22). The Bulgarian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, Bublik conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, the Kazakhstani won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.
Tiebreak
Bublik won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3), 11th (5-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the Bulgarian won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2) and 9th (5-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Bublik wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-2 30-40). Bublik saved 3 set points when he was 4-5, 4-6 and 5-6 down. On the other side, Alexander didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 79 points. It’s worth to point out that, Alexander won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Dimitrov (38-41). The Kazakhstani dropped 12 points on serve (29-12). On the losing side, the Bulgarian conceded 9 points on serve (29-9).
Tennis Scores in Marseille
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Mikael YmerYmer (6-3 3-6 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-5 3-6 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Alexander BublikBublik (4-1) – H2H details and stats
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
