Sinner lost in Halle expanded

Bublik was defeated by Sinner after three sets in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros earlier this month, but in the rematch on the pitch, the Kazakhstan player recorded 36 winner to win after three sets longer than two hours. The serve is the largest weapon of the 1.96m high player when 15 of his 36 Winner is ACE. Before Bublik, Sinner lost only Carlos Alcaraz since August 2024.

"This is a miracle ", the player is ranked 45 ATP. "I tried to serve the best as possible but did not think I would lower Sinner. When the opportunity came, I did my best to take advantage, not thinking about anything else, not afraid of beating. It was really effective ".

The tactics of hitting all hands, accepting high risks of Bublik to promote the effect on the pitch - where the ball slides faster and harder to control the other pitch. On the sublime competition day, the 28 -year -old tennis player forced Sinner to make 25 errors - the highest figure of the Italian player in the three -year matches in the past year.

Sinner himself also decided compared to himself, only scoring from the two 48% ball and the rate of serve in a 63% yard. Runner Roland Garros also wasted a series of break-point with only one successful use in 9 opportunities. In the last two sets, Sinner did not win any ball game - what rarely happened to him in three set matches.

Sinner attended the tournament as a champion and Halle expansion was the first and only grass event so far he won. The early elimination caused Sinner to be deducted from many points, but this is not as important as the preparation process for Wimbledon to be interrupted and leave many doubts. It seems that failure after 5 hours 29 minutes in the final of Roland Garros still makes Sinner tired both physically and mentally. In the first round, the 23 -year -old also had difficulty playing the opponent from the Yannick Hanfmann qualifier.

The failure of Sinner opened the championship door for the number two seed Alexander Zverev and Bublik itself - Champion in 2023. Zverev passed a difficult test called Lorenzo Sonego to become the sixth player in the history of winning 20 or more in Hall expanded. Match-point, before the fourth seed Androy RubleV 6-3, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6) to first reach the quarterfinals on the pitch. Daniil Medvedev's number three seeds also go on, when overcoming Quentin Halys 6-2, 7-5.