After his triumph at the tennis tournament in Halle, Alexander Bucks is also traded in Wimbledon. The question always swings with him how much more would be possible.
Tennis always has these very special players. Nick Kyrgios was one who had Australians everything it needs to be the best in the world – but he was not ready to do everything. Even the most talented cannot avoid many, long and hard training units, provided they want to make it to the top. A lot goes with their skills, but not everything. As with Kyrgios. And as with Alexander Bucks.
Bukik: Sinner cone, Halle winner, Wimbledon surprise?
The Kazache is a player similar to Kyrgios: great serve, unpredictable playing style, spectacular, provocative, unpleasant, simply different, an eye-catcher for every tennis fan. However, like Kyrgios, the Bukik is also important that his life is not tennis, but tennis only part of his life. While others use their entire time to bring it as far as possible, he prefers to spend time with the family. He works hard, but not as often as others.
And yet the Budik and Kyrgios also have in common that they are still successful. The Bukik won the Rasm tournament in Halle for the second time after 2023 and conquered Jannik Sinner on the way to victory. This already makes him a player, for whom you will also take a close attention to in Wimbledon (June 30th to July 13th) – especially since the Bustekik had already caused a sensation at the French Open when he made it to the quarter -finals.
“Would I risk my health? No!”
At the Grand Slam tournament in Paris, the 28-year-old showed a deep look during a press conference. There he was asked whether he was taking success like not there to invest more so that he could possibly experience more moments. “Would I put my lifestyle and health in the balance to get a ‘possibly’ or ‘maybe’? No!“, said Bukik. “I go my way. I train, don’t worry, at the same time I do the minimum and the maximum to be in the position in which I am.”
Alexander Budik in action
Budik is currently number 30 in the world, its best placement has been 17th. He is also aware that significantly more is possible, but it must be on his conditions. “I prioritize the tennis and my life alike, it is a 50:50 relationship. For me, it’s about doing the necessary to keep up with the best – I have often proven that I have proven”so Bukik. “But I’m not risking my health.”
The scale between family man and tennis player
The Halle winner does not evaluate that other tennis professionals do not treat themselves to this worklife balance. “This is important for me. It is not without hard work, I also work hard – but in my own way. I do what my body is capable of, but I don’t push myself further to have a chance to win a certain match”explained Bukik. “I also prioritize my health and my lifestyle, I have a family, I am a father – and also have to fulfill my father’s duties.”
The difference is in “Skill set”some would be for his serve “Hundreds of hours of training need, some only 20”. “It’s about what you have to do to be a top50 player, this is a good brand. You have to find your own balance, if you want to endanger your body to win a Grand Slam. You have to make decisions every day. It always leads to something. The question is always whether a phantom chance is worth it.said Bukik.
Bukik: Hall title “A renaissance of my career”
Before he started again in the past few months, he had had a very difficult time. But it is now over, the burden proves everyone and itself that he can be successful on his way. “It was beyond my ideas that I will now win again in Halle. This is a renaissance of my career”he said after the final victory against Daniil Medvedev.
And made it clear again what tennis is for him: “This is not a job, this is a sport, entertainment. It’s hard, demanding, maybe the hardest sport, sometimes it is cruel and destructive. But in the end it is a game. And it is important to always remember it.” Budik is just a different tennis genius. The fact that he is one should be denied less and less.