On the eve of the Halle Open 2025 final, Alexander Bublik has never won Medvedev and has only won one set in the previous six confrontations. However, in London today, the 27 -year -old player showed a completely different face: calm, accurate and full of bravery.
In set 1. Bublik won important break in the eighth game. He closed the set with a series of 12 consecutive victories, not to give Medvedev chance. Set 1 closed with a 6-3 victory in favor of the Kazakhist player.
Bublik continued to maintain a firm battle in the second set, despite being under a lot of pressure. At the time of being led 4-5 and facing Set Point, the 28-year-old player surprised the audience with a subtle small drop from the end of the yard to save spectacular risk.
In the tie-break series later, Medvedev led 4-1 and seemed to pull the match into Set Ba. However, Bublik had a strong up, winning six of the next seven points to close the victory after 1 hour 21 minutes of competition.
In the end, Bublik defeated Medvedev with a score of 6-3, 7-6 (4). Not only winning the championship, the Kazakhstan player also had the first time surpassing Medvedev after six losses. This victory also brought him back to the top 30 world.
Meanwhile, the failure in Halle caused the “second” string of Medvedev in the ATP finals to the sixth. The Russian tennis player has not been able to end the thirst for the title since Italian Open 2023.
