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Alexander Bublik and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard captured ATP Challenger Tour 175 titles on Sunday, and their winning form will be tested immediately as the two champions will meet in the opening round of the Bitpanda Hamburg Open.
Bublik claimed his seventh Challenger crown at the Piemonte Open Intesa Sanpaolo in Turin, where he defeated China’s Buyunchaokete 6-3, 6-3 in the final. The eighth-seeded Kazakh dropped just three points behind his first serve in each set, according to Infosys ATP Stats, as he raced to a 73-minute victory.
Following his title run, Bublik is up 25 places to No. 51 in the PIF ATP Rankings.
“I wasn’t expecting anything but to win,” Bublik said. “I just stayed on my level, had very solid matches. I had a tough one against Tomas [Martin Etcheverry], a former Top 30 player. For me, it was just keeping my level to get back to where I belong where I stayed most of my career. It’s just a little step towards what I really want to achieve.”
Bublik claimed his seventh Challenger crown at the Piemonte Open Intesa Sanpaolo in Turin, where he defeated China’s Buyunchaokete 6-3, 6-3 in the final. The eighth-seeded Kazakh dropped just three points behind his first serve in each set, according to Infosys ATP Stats, as he raced to a 73-minute victory.
Following his title run, Bublik is up 25 places to No. 51 in the PIF ATP Rankings.
“I wasn’t expecting anything but to win,” Bublik said. “I just stayed on my level, had very solid matches. I had a tough one against Tomas [Martin Etcheverry], a former Top 30 player. For me, it was just keeping my level to get back to where I belong where I stayed most of my career. It’s just a little step towards what I really want to achieve.”
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