Jannik Sinner had a nightmare called Carlos Alcaraz. From this Thursday you have another: Alexander Bublik. The Kazakh has eliminated him this Thursday in the Eighths of the Open 500 of Halle, for 3-6, 6-3 and 6-4, in 2 hours and 2 minutes.
In the last 51 games, only the Murcia had been able to steal three triumphs. The defeat as valid champion of the German contest causes the Italian to subtract 450 points in the ranking. Carlos Alcaraz, his most immediate persecutor, has already subtracted 500 this week.
I had never won a number 1, it is a great moment for me
Bublik is not any. Champion of the contest in 2023, he came precisely from losing with Sinner in Roland Garros rooms. The revenge was taken because the San Cándido tennis player.
Almost infallible outside the 'Top20'
Sinner had opted in his favor the last 66 games against adversaries classified outside the 'Top20'as is the case of Bublik (45). To find the last one that had yielded before the quarterfinals of a tournament you have to go back to the eighths of Paris-Bercy 2023 when he resigned to play against Alex de Miñaur.
