Alexander Bublik upsets Michelsen in the 1st round at the Mutua Madrid Open – MADRID RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Bublik stuns Michelsen

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Luke Meyer
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Alexander Bublik shocks Alex Michelsen 7-6(2) 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Madrid on Wednesday. Bublik will have to play Alexei Popyrin in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Bublik's Record

Alexander added to his prize money € 10,075 after winning this match. He has already won € 30,895 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Kazakhstani will add € 22,030 to his earnings to get in total € 52,925 in total.

Highlights Alexander Bublik vs. Alex Michelsen Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Bublik
Michelsen
Alexander Bublik
7-62 7-64
1h:45
Alex Michelsen
93
93
Total points
86
86
44
44
Winners
46
46
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
53%
53%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
1
1
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
66%
66%
1st in
71%
71%
72%
72%
1st won
75%
75%
44/61
44/61
1st won
46/61
46/61
59%
59%
2nd won
40%
40%
19/32
19/32
2nd won
10/25
10/25
-- Break Points --
1/8
1/8
Total
1/9
1/9
13%
13%
Won
11%
11%
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At the end of the match, Alexander scored 93 points vs. Alex’s 86.

Bublik

Bublik struck 11 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Alexander won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 13% (1/8) of the procured opportunities.

Michelsen

On the other side, Michelsen was battling in converting his break points (only 11% – 1/9). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Bublik and Michelsen is 1-0 for Alexander.

Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Bublik vs. Alexei Popyrin – stats

Bublik will compete against Popyrin in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Alexander Bublik and Alexei Popyrin play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

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

1st Set -
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BublikMichelsen
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0
0
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0
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Bublik conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Alexander broke back in the 10th (5-5) game to win the set 7-6.

Alexander converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Alex converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 85 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Bublik won just 3 more points than Michelsen (44-41). The Kazakhstani conceded 10 points on serve (22-10). On the losing side, Alex conceded 22 points on serve (31-22).

2nd Set -
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The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Bublik won the breaker at 7-4.

Tiebreak

Bublik won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Michelsen won a minibreak in the 7th (2-5) point.

Bublik won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

The Kazakhstani wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of his 7 break points. He had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 92 points. Bublik won 4 points more than Alex (48-44). The Kazakhstani dropped 19 points on serve (37-19). In addition, on the other side, Michelsen conceded 11 points on serve (25-11).

1st
Bublik
Michelsen
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
3
4
2
4
2
3
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
2nd
Bublik
Michelsen
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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