Tennis, Halle: Bublik beats Medvedev in the final and conquers the title on the grass

Alexander Bublik completes his dream week by winning the Halle tournament for the second time in his career. For the Kazakh, 28 years old, it is the fifth success at ATP level in the career. Deserved, for the level of game expressed on the German grass in these days, so high that it has also led him to beat the number one in the world, Jannik Sinner, in the round of 16. Bublik in the final defeated Daniil Medvedev in two sets, 6-3 7-6 (4) in an hour and 20 minutes, in a game where the Kazakh once again demonstrated its great moment of form. Fortunately (also) of the strongest, Bublik will be Serie A Wimbledon head, given that with Halle’s victory he has risen to number 30 in the world, therefore in the very first rounds he cannot be drawn with the top.

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A substantial control, that of Kazakh, against Medvedev, who appeared reinvigorated in Halle compared to the mediocre performances of the recent times, but in the meantime the Russian continues to remain dry in the tournaments, since one does not win even from the international internationals of 2023. In the first set, after facing a break ball in the first game, Bublik torn the opponent’s service on the 4-3, Counts of the first partial with a 6-3 in 27 minutes. Second set that instead dragged on the tie break, played very well by Kazakh, who in the end imposed himself in a less spectacular meeting than expected. No bis for Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, in the final in the male double for the third consecutive year: the two blues lost in two sets against Krawietz and Puetz, with the landlady couple who imposed himself with the score of 6-3 7-6, in an hour and 37 minutes of play.