Alexander Bublik gets by Arthur Cazaux 6-4 6-3 in the final in Kitzbuhel on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. This is the first time that Bublik conquered this tournament. Here you can see when his history at this event.
The Kazakhstani added € 37,785 to his prize money after conquering this final. He has earned € 90,675 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Alexander Bublik vs. Arthur Cazaux Generali Open – Kitzbuhel
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alexander scored 67 points vs. the French player’s 55.
Bublik
Alexander served pretty well to win 84% of the points (27/32) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (15/29) on his second serve. The Kazakhstani won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Cazaux
On the other side, Arthur had a tough time converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Bublik and Cazaux is 3-0 for Alexander.
This was the 7th career title for Bublik. (see list of titles and finals). Cazaux lost the opportunity to win his title at the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Kazakhstani snatched in the 10th game (6-4) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Alexander failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4
to be broken at 30.Bublik converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, the French player was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (3-6 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 83 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Alexander won just 3 more points than Cazaux (43-40). Alexander surrendered 15 points on serve (26-15). Regarding the other side of the net, the French player conceded 17 points on serve (25-17).
Bublik started the set in the best possible way after breaking Arthur Cazaux in the 2nd game (2-0). Bublik managed to boost his lead after breaking the French player in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
A defining moment of this set was when Alexander won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the game count from 0-2 to 5-2.
Bublik converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 5th game (3-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Alexander didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 38 points. Bublik was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Cazaux (24-14). Alexander was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, the French player conceded 8 points on serve (11-8).