Alexander Bublik gets by Marton Fucsovics 2-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Doha on Wednesday. Bublik will seek to keep on going in this event against Alexei Popyrin in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 7 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alexander added to his prize money $ 17,590 after winning this match. He has already won $ 42,190 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Kazakhstani will add $ 30,620 to his earnings to get in total $ 72,810 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:07
At the end of the match, Alexander scored 83 points vs. Fucsovics’s 82.
Bublik
Bublik won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Fucsovics
On the other side, Marton was effective when converting 57% of the break points that he procured points (4/7). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Bublik and Fucsovics is 5-1 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Bublik vs. Alexei Popyrin – stats
Bublik will come up against Popyrin in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Alexander Bublik and Alexei Popyrin square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Popyrin won 5-7 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Astana Challenger back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
Marton didn’t concede much to Bublik and finally he won 6-2. Alexander broke the Hungarian 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, the Hungarian broke his opponent in the 6th (4-2) game, but that didn’t prevent his to conquer the set (6-2).
There was a pivotal moment in this set when the Hungarian won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.
Marton was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Kazakhstani was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 57 points. Fucsovics conquered the set after winning 11 points more than the Kazakhstani (34-23). The Hungarian lost 7 points on serve (15-7). On the losing side, the Kazakhstani conceded 19 points on serve (16-19).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Alexander snatched in the 6th game (4-2) before finally conquering the set (6-3).
Bublik was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 0-40). On the other side, the Kazakhstani didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 54 points. Alexander won 6 points more than Marton (30-24). Alexander conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the net, Fucsovics conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
Bublik had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Marton Fucsovics in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, Alexander succeeded in coming back to break Marton in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Bublik converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Hungarian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 54 points. Alexander was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Marton (30-24). Bublik conceded 9 points on serve (17-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Marton conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
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- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Hugo GrenierGrenier (7-63 6-78 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Andy MurrayMurray (7-66 6-73 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Pavel KotovKotov (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (4-6 7-5 7-62) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Andrey RublevRublev – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Alexander BublikBublik (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Gael MonfilsMonfils (2-0) – H2H details and stats
