Alexander Bublik aces Borna Coric 5-7 6-2 6-3 in the final in Montpellier on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes. This is the second time that Alexander wins the tournament. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Bublik added € 36,725 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 88,125 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Alexander Bublik vs. Borna Coric Open Sud de France – Montpellier
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:18
At the end of the match, Alexander scored 94 points vs. Borna’s 80.
Bublik
The Kazakhstani served exceptionally well to win 80% of the points (44/55) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 43% points (15/35) on his second serve. Bublik struck 19 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Bublik won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Coric
On the other side, the Croatian was struggling when 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 Bublik and Coric is 2-0 for Alexander.
This was the 4th career title for the Kazakhstani. He won the previous title in Antwerp. (see list of titles and finals). The Croatian remains with 3rd titles after he conquered the tournament in Marrakech 2017, in Halle 2018 and in Cincinnati 2022. (see list of titles and finals)
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Bublik had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Borna Coric in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, Coric refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Alexander in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Bublik was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 4-5 to 7-5.
They played 78 points. This set was so close that, Borna won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Borna dropped 16 points on serve (25-16). on the other side of the court, Bublik conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).
The Kazakhstani in this set played at a much higher level than Borna and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Coric in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Kazakhstani failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.
The Kazakhstani converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, Alexander didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 45 points. Alexander won 13 more points than Borna (29-16). Alexander lost 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the court, Coric conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).
Bublik had a great start in this set after breaking Borna Coric in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was the key and it was sufficient for Alexander to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
Alexander converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Croatian was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 50 points. This set was so close that, Alexander won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Alexander surrendered 11 points on serve (19-11). on the other side of the net, Coric conceded 6 points on serve (14-6).
