Marcos Giron upsets the 2019 runner-up Alexander Bublik 7-6(6) 6-3 in the 1st round in Chengdu on Thursday. Giron will fight against Arthur Rinderknech in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reach the qualifications in 2017. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Marcos added to his prize money $ 7,865 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 20,230 after this win. If he wins the next match, Marcos will add $ 14,610 to his earnings to get in total $ 34,840 in total.
Highlights Marcos Giron vs. Alexander Bublik Chengdu Open – Chengdu
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:41
At the end of the match, the American scored 78 points vs. Bublik’s 71.
Giron
The American was well focused in converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5).
Bublik
On the other side, the Kazakhstani wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Giron and Bublik is 3-1 for Marcos.
Draw and next match H2H: Marcos Giron vs. Arthur Rinderknech – stats
Giron will play Rinderknech in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Marcos Giron and Arthur Rinderknech play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Giron (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Giron overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Alexander Bublik in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, Giron succeeded in coming back to break Bublik in the 3rd (1-2) game before winning the set (7-6).
Marcos was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-2 40-A). On the other side, Bublik converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (2-1 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40), the 7th (4-3 30-40) and the 14th game (5-7 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 107 points. It’s worth to point out that, Marcos won this set even if he scored less points 1 than the Kazakhstani (53-54). Giron dropped 30 points on serve (40-30). On the losing side, Alexander conceded 13 points on serve (24-13).
Giron was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Alexander Bublik in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for Marcos to win the set because Bublik succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game.
A crucial moment of this set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Giron converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40). On the other side, Bublik was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They contested 42 points. Giron was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Bublik (24-18). Marcos lost 7 points on serve (14-7). In addition, on the other side, Alexander conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
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Upcoming matches
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marcos GironGiron – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Pavel KotovKotov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Taro DanielDaniel (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-1) – H2H details and stats
