Alexander Bublik wins against Roman Safiullin 6-3 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Rome on Thursday. Bublik will have to play Casper Ruud in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Rome
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. Roman Safiullin Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Bublik
Safiullin
6-3 7-64
1h:37
80
80
Total points
67
67
34
34
Winners
32
32
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
1
1
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
63%
63%
1st in
68%
68%
76%
76%
1st won
62%
62%
34/45
34/45
1st won
32/52
32/52
62%
62%
2nd won
58%
58%
16/26
16/26
2nd won
14/24
14/24
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
2/7
2/7
43%
43%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, Bublik scored 80 points vs. Roman’s 67.

Bublik

The Kazakhstani served extremely well to win 76% of the points (34/45) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (16/26) on his second serve. Bublik won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Safiullin

On the other side, Roman was battling in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Bublik and Safiullin is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Bublik vs. Casper Ruud – stats

Bublik will square off with Ruud in the 2nd round.

This will be the 8th time that Alexander Bublik and Casper Ruud face off. The head to head is 6-1 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Bublik 6-3
BublikSafiullin
6
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
BublikSafiullin
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
BublikSafiullin
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
BublikSafiullin
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
BublikSafiullin
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
BublikSafiullin
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
BublikSafiullin
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
BublikSafiullin
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
BublikSafiullin
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
BublikSafiullin
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30

Alexander won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Bublik broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game to conquer the set 6-3.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Alexander won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.

Alexander converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 5th game (3-2 30-40). In addition on the other side, Safiullin converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 0-40 and 15-40).

They played 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Kazakhstani won just 3 points more than the Russian (30-27). Bublik conceded 9 points on serve (17-9). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).

2nd Set -
Bublik 7-6
BublikSafiullin
7
6
S
0
1
B
1
1
B
2
1
S
2
2
S
3
2
B
4
2
B
5
2
S
5
3
S
5
4
B
6
4
B
7
4
BublikSafiullin
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
BublikSafiullin
5
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
BublikSafiullin
5
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
BublikSafiullin
4
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
BublikSafiullin
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
BublikSafiullin
3
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
BublikSafiullin
2
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
BublikSafiullin
1
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
BublikSafiullin
1
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
BublikSafiullin
1
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
BublikSafiullin
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40

Alexander won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The Kazakhstani broke back in the 7th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-4.

The Kazakhstani wasted a good opportunity to break Safiullin in the 3rd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Tiebreak

Alexander won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2) and 11th (7-4) point.

Bublik won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.

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

The Kazakhstani converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (2-4 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Russian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 90 points. The Kazakhstani won 10 points more than the Russian (50-40). The Kazakhstani dropped 12 points on serve (33-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Roman conceded 17 points on serve (28-17).

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

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