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When Alexander Bublik bounced back from two sets down to force a deciding fifth in a bid to emulate his show at Halle Open final against Andre Rublev in the last-16 tie at Wimbledon on Sunday evening, commentator and tennis legend John McEnroe was busy looking through record books to find the last player to have won a match at …

Bublik powers past Rublev to win first grass title in Halle

Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik battled his way past third seed Andrey Rublev 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 thanks to two service breaks to win the Halle Open title on Sunday, his first on grass just over a week before the start of Wimbledon. HALLE—LUJAH 🌱🏆 The moment Alexander Bublik captured his first career ATP Tour grass court title! @ATPHalle | #TerraWortmannOpenpic.twitter.com/AlHSxO48r8 — ATP …

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Kazakh Alexander Bublik powers past Zverev in straight sets to reach Halle final

Kazakh Alexander Bublik broke Alexander Zverev once in each set to power past the German 6-3 7-5 on Saturday and reach the Halle Open final. Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik, right, shakes hands with Germany's Alexander Zverev after winning their semifinal match at the German Tennis Open The 26-year-old Bublik, who regularly delivered first serves at speeds of more than 220 kph, …

Halle Open: Bublik powers past Zverev in straight sets to reach final

Kazakh Alexander Bublik broke Alexander Zverev once in each set to power past the German 6-3, 7-5 on Saturday and reach the Halle Open final. The 26-year-old Bublik, who regularly delivered first serves at speeds of more than 220 km per hour, gave his opponent no chance on his own serve to make his first final of the year as …

Halle Open: Daniil Medvedev beaten in quarterfinals as Sinner retires with a muscle injury

Daniil Medvedev lost in the Halle Open quarterfinals and continued his mixed start to the grass-court season, while Jannik Sinner’s preparations for Wimbledon were disrupted when an adductor muscle injury forced him to retire from his match on Friday. The third-ranked Russian dropped to a 2-2 record on grass this season following his first-round loss at the Libema Open last …

Halle Open 2023: Roberto Bautista Agut Knocks Out Top Seed Daniil Medvedev in Straight Sets

Top seed Daniil Medvedev has crashed out of the Halle Open, a traditional Wimbledon warm-up, beaten in straight sets by Roberto Bautista Agut on Friday. I know tennis is sometimes very difficult, but today it showed that I have been working hard.” Medvedev, the former world number one, was runner-up on the Halle grass in 2022, losing to Poland’s Hubert …

Medvedev crashes out at Wimbledon warm-up Halle

Number one seed Daniil Medvedev has crashed out of the Halle Open, a traditional Wimbledon warm-up, beaten in straight sets by Roberto Bautista Agut on Friday. Medvedev, the former world number one, was runner-up on the Halle grass in 2022, losing to Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz in straight sets in the final. With a poor record on grass, Medvedev has never …

Bublik through to Halle semis after Sinner injury; to face Zverev

Kazakh Alexander Bublik advanced to the last four of the Wimbledon warm-up Halle Open, when Italian fourth seed Jannik Sinner withdrew hurt in the second set on Friday. Bublik won the first set 7-5 and was up 2-0 in the second when Sinner pulled out with a right leg injury. READ: Venus Williams loses to Ostapenko at Birmingham Classic after …