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0-15 Sucks the backhand in recovery in the Bublik network.
4-3 Sinner, which ends with the backhand volley, but the beautiful shot is the previous backhand which practically goes to the intersection of the lines!
40-0 Bublik’s long straight.
30-0 Bublik calls Sinner to the net, who responds with the winning forehand crossing in the race.
15-0 Sinner’s service and straight.
3-3 Along the reverse of Sinner in the only real exchange of the game.
40-0 Another great first for Bublik.
30-0 Bublik’s first external winner.
15-0 Ace from Bublik.
3-2 Sinner, who so far is managing to spend little energy in their batting turns in this second set.
40-0 Sinner’s first winner.
30-0 Bublik is wrong in length, while a scream rises from another field (it is that of Karatsev, Sonego’s next opponent).
15-0 Sinner’s first winning winger.
2-2 Sinner’s backhand in the net.
40-15 Bublik backhand wrong.
40-0 Sinner’s wide backhand.
30-0 Exaggerate with the Sinner forehand.
15-0 Another bad mistake by Sinner, who responds very well and opens the field with the forehand, but misses the volley in the open field by putting it just long.
2-1 Sinner, Bublik tries showtime with two short balls interspersed with a lob, but Jannik gets there and quietly closes straight.
40-0 First in the center of Sinner, who then calmly plays in advance towards the net.
30-0 Good before Sinner, Bublik tries in vain to control her without actually letting her go.
15-0 This mistake by Bublik is not great.
1-1 Bublik’s backhand that Sinner doesn’t control.
40-30 Bublik’s long straight.
40-15 Ace in the center of Bublik.
30-15 Sinner’s forehand acceleration on the net.
15-15 Bublik’s wide straight.
15-0 First winner of Bublik.
1-0 Sinner, still the first to support him in a game, once in a while, easy.
40-15 Sinner’s reverse is wide.
40-0 It serves the Sinner body, then finds the winning forehand to the right.
30-0 Sinner finds the winning crossback.
15-0 It resumes, Sinner’s winning straight.
Sinner left the field, it is not clear whether to go to the bathroom or for an actual MTO.
We also remember that on 1-4 Sinner called the physiotherapist for a problem presumably in his right foot, or ankle, of an unknown nature. However, medical time out was not necessary.
2-6 Set Bublik, which with a violent forehand takes the opening part in 36 minutes.
40-0 Three set points Bublik, Sinner’s backhand in the net who had managed to remove the Kazakh.
30-0 First central winner of Bublik.
15-0 Sinner’s backhand response not centered.
2-5 Bublik, long the response of the Kazakh, which however will serve for the set at the change of field.
40-30 Bublik’s winning backhand.
40-15 Bublik’s response is wide.
30-15 Bublik looks for the short ball-lob pattern, but Sinner is careful and finds the winning smash.
15-15 Sinner’s first winning central, Bublik barely touches it.
0-15 Straight to Sinner’s network.
1-5 Bublik, serve and backhand.
40-0 Sinner’s long backhand.
30-0 Sinner arrives badly on the forehand in recovery.
15-0 Sinner’s long forehand response.
1-4 Break Bublik: almost sudden backhand acceleration of the Kazakh in the line, even if Sinner was not able to make himself dangerous. 23 minutes of play so far.
Advantage Bublik, break ball: Sinner’s straight just long.
40-40, 3rd tie: Sinner’s first winning central.
Bublik advantage, break point: Sinner’s second double fault.
40-40, 2nd tie: Sinner is very good here at not forcing, keeping Bublik away with the forehand and advancing as soon as possible. Given the long recovery of the Kazakh, however, there is no need to close the net.
Advantage Bublik, break ball: the Kazakh pushes Sinner away and then pulls out another winning forehand.
40-40 Sinner’s forehand stops on the tape. Another game of advantages.
40-30 Loses control of the straight Bublik.
30-30 Bublik’s big cross straight.
30-15 Find the first in the Sinner center.
15-15 Gift from Bublik, who on an empty pitch after a great forehand plays the next smash very badly, putting it on the net.
0-15 Sinner’s long straight.
1-3 Bublik, first winner in the center with Sinner who does not find the field with the forehand.
40-30 First outside of Bublik, he does not find the answer from straight Sinner.
30-30 Unlucky ribbon for Sinner, the forehand is slowed down and allows Bublik to play the winning short ball.
15-30 Sinner takes time away from Bublik with the forehand, pinning him in the left corner to then play the winning line.
15-15 Backhand in Bublik’s net.
15-0 Winning straight from the center of Bublik.
1-2 Break Bublik, Sinner’s backhand.
Advantage Bublik, break ball: bad mistake, straight out of the service in advance that ends up in central ways, but long.
40-40 Sinner’s first double fault, with Bublik already showing himself aggressive.
40-30 Bublik responds from far away to Sinner’s second, who in fact controls the speed: the Kazakh does not find the right timing and puts the ball in the net.
30-30 Bublik’s backhand response.
15-30 Wrong the straight out of the Sinner service.
15-15 Sinner’s great cross and deep backhand, which for Bublik is sudden and leaves no time to organize.
0-15 Maneuver with aggression Bublik thanks to the forehand, then he comes to the net and closes without problems.
1-1 Bravo Sinner to respond to an insidious second central from Bublik, but when he takes the initiative the backhand ends up in the net.
40-30 Ace centrale in Bublik.
30-30 Sinner’s winning backhand response!
30-15 First winner of Bublik.
15-15 Splendid straight on Sinner’s line! And it is also built, since it sent Bublik very far, whose recovery in the lob comes out a little.
15-0 Good before Bublik.
1-0 Sinner, another large backhand from Bublik. Jannik not too much attended by the first for now.
40-15 Bublik takes the ball out of his body with his backhand, but it is long.
30-15 Good second from Sinner, Bublik does not find the measure to respond well.
15-15 Sinner not very decisive in closing towards the right corner with the forehand after having drawn excellent geometries, at the end the last straight is on the net.
15-0 Bublik immediately tries to attack with the forehand on Sinner’s second, but wastes the short ball by putting it in the net.
11:41 The warm-up ends; in a very short time the start.
11:39 The two players took to the field for the warm-up; Bublik won the draw and chose to respond. In other words, Sinner will serve first.
11:37 The winner between Sinner and Bublik will challenge one between the Spanish Roberto Bautista Agut, number 4 of the seeding, and the Australian Matthew Ebden, recent semifinalist in Marseille.
11:35 After Sinner and Bublik there will be a third Italian in the field, Lorenzo Giustino, against Slovenian Aljaz Bedene. A lot of Italy also in Acapulco tonight, where there will be Lorenzo Musetti opposing the Argentine Diego Schwartzman, but also the derby between Fabio Fognini and Stefano Travaglia.
11:31 Two further singles matches in progress: on the central Denis Shapovalov is 4-0 ahead on Jan-Lenanrd Struff, and the Canadian does not seem to give much to the German. The Russian Aslan Karatsev, on the other hand, leads 6-4 4-3 and serves on the British Dan Evans.
11:29 Two matches have already ended so far. In addition to Sonego, the Polish Hubert Hurkacz also advances, with a 6-3 6-4 against the French Richard Gasquet.
11:26 Good morning everyone. The previous match has just ended, between Lorenzo Sonego and the Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles, with the success of the Turin (convincing) with a clear 6-2 6-2. We are now ready to experience the match between Jannik Sinner and Alexander Bublik.
Good morning to all OA Sport readers, and welcome to LIVE LIVE from the second round match of the ATP 500 in Dubai between Jannik Sinner and Kazakh Alexander Bublik.
For the South Tyrolean comes the absolute debut in the famous tournament in the United Arab Emirates, which has in the roll of honor a large number of champions of three generations of tennis (and an Italian finalist in 1995, Andrea Gaudenzthe). The challenge with Bublik is unprecedented at the ATP level, and also in general in any other tennis context.
Sinner’s season, so far, has lived on success in the Melbourne 1 ATP 250, soon followed by the defeat (with all the accompanying speeches) against Denis Shapovalov in the fifth set in the first round of the Australian Open. Defeated on debut with Aljaz Body in Montpellier, he then reached the quarterfinals in Marseille, where he was eliminated by the Russian Daniil Medvedev. Only one Kazakh in his career, Mikahil Kukushkin, who at the beginning of the ATP journey defeated him in St. Petersburg in 2019.
Bublik, on the other hand, this year has allowed himself some important scalps: Matteo Berrettini in the quarterfinals of Antalya (first tournament of the year, where he reached the final), semifinal in Singapore (with a crash against the Australian Alexey Popyrin), Alexander Zverev in Rotterdam (victory then not done very well). In his career, with Italian players, he boasts a record of 8-12.
The match between Jannik Sinner and Alexander Bublik is scheduled as second on Court 3 after Sonego-Zapata Miralles, and therefore at least not before 11:20, but more likely for 11:30. Have fun with OA Sport LIVE LIVE!
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