Alexander Bublik wins against Valentin Royer 7-6(4) 7-6(4) in the final in Hangzhou on Tuesday. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
The Kazakhstani added $ 64,545 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 154,980 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Alexander Bublik vs. Valentin Royer Hangzhou Open – Hangzhou
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Bublik scored 81 points vs. the French player’s 77.
Bublik
Bublik served extremely well to win 81% of the points (42/52) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (20/33) on his second serve. Bublik fired 21 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Alexander wasn’t able to conquer any break point to conquer the match only at the breakers.
Royer
On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Bublik and Royer is 1-0 for Alexander.
This was the 8th career title for Bublik. (see list of titles and finals).
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The Kazakhstani won the set after he broke Valentin .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the French player was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 14th
game (5-7 15-40 and 30-40).They contested 86 points. Bublik was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than the French player (46-40). Alexander dropped 16 points on serve (40-16). On the losing side, the French player conceded 6 points on serve (24-6).
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, the Kazakhstani won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Bublik won 3 minibreaks in the 7th (4-3), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Valentin won a minibreak in the 9th (4-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Alexander was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Kazakhstani didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 72 points. It’s worth to point out that, Alexander won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Valentin (35-37). Bublik conceded 9 points on serve (25-9). on the other side of the court, Royer conceded 10 points on serve (28-10).