Alexander Bublik hustles Dominik Koepfer 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Montpellier on Wednesday. Bublik will face Mattia Bellucci or Aleksandar Kovacevic in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. Alexander won this tournament twice in 2022 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alexander added to his prize money € 7,555 after conquering this match. He has already won € 18,015 after this win. If he wins the next match, Bublik will add € 13,075 to his earnings to get in total € 31,090 in total.
Highlights Alexander Bublik vs. Dominik Koepfer Open Occitanie – Montpellier
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 63 points vs. Dominik’s 49.
Bublik
The Kazakhstani served pretty well to win 76% of the points (31/41) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (9/18) on his second serve. The Kazakhstani struck 10 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Alexander didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6).
Koepfer
On the other side, the German was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Bublik and Koepfer is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Bublik vs. Mattia Bellucci or Aleksandar Kovacevic – stats
Bublik will fight against either Mattia Bellucci or Aleksandar Kovacevic in the 3rd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Mattia Bellucci and 0-0 vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic.
Live score progression and stats
Bublik had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Dominik Koepfer in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Alexander to win the set because Dominik managed to break back in the 6th (3-3) game. Alexander maintained his cool to break Koepfer in the 7th (4-3) game before conquering the set (6-4).
The Kazakhstani 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 7th game (3-3 40-A). On the other side, the German was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (2-3 40-A).
They played 66 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Kazakhstani won just 2 points more than Dominik (34-32
). Alexander lost 11 points on serve (20-11). on the other side of the court, Dominik conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).Alexander in this set played at a much higher level than Koepfer and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Dominik in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The German was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Alexander was flawless in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Dominik was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 46 points. The Kazakhstani won 12 more points than Dominik (29-17). The Kazakhstani conceded 8 points on serve (20-8). On the other side, the German conceded 9 points on serve (9-9).
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- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-2 6-1)
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