Alexander Bublik started playing tennis at the age of 2 thanks to his father, who will also be confirmed as a coach in his son’s professional career. He came to the headlines for some statements in which he declared that he saw tennis only as a source of income and not as a real passion.
The Grand Slams are dominated by Roger Federer’s big three, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. But this year’s circumstances have created a different situation. Federer is out for knee surgery and Nadal has withdrawn on the grounds of going to the United States.
So among the big three only Djokovic participates. Alexander Bublik is confident there will be a new Grand Slam champion in 2020, but not at RG as Rafael Nadal will be there. The world number 51 also spoke about the improvements he tried to make to his game during the block.
Bublik on Rafael Nadal
“We will have a new Grand Slam champion, I’m 100% sure,” said Alexander Bublik. “It’s more likely to be at the US Open, as Rafael Nadal is at Roland Garros. I won’t be nervous, but I know many others will be more tense.
The most important thing now is to find an ideal balance between being very relaxed and being very tense. ”The Kazakh also talked about the various improvements he attempted to make during the block.
“To become an elite player – it means being in the top 20, maybe in the top 10 – I can’t always take chances with second serve. This has been one of my biggest improvements since Indian Wells was canceled,” he said. said Bublik.
The list of players who will not take part in the US Open due to the health emergency is getting longer by the hour, more women than men, to be honest: Covid-19 has discouraged many tennis players from not going to New York, jumping as well as the Western & Southern Open scheduled from 20 to 28 August.
There will not be the number 2 among men, the Iberian Rafael Nadal, and the Australian Nick Kyrgios, among the first to announce the forfeit, the other absences by choice of a certain importance are those of the French Gael Monfils and the Swiss Stan Wawrinka.
At the moment, the Japanese Kei Nishikori, positive for Coronavirus and absent at least at the Western & Southern Open, is registered, but in strong doubt. Many sacrifices in women, and in this case the virus has a more important specific weight than the injury factor, more than that recorded among men.
If number 1, the Australian Ashleigh Barty, was one of the first to say no, in the last few hours it was number 2, the Romanian Simona Halep, and the number 8, the Swiss Belinda Bencic. Among the top eight in the world there will also be 6, the Canadian Bianca Vanessa Andreescu, but for physical reasons, in addition to the 5, the Ukrainian Elina Svitoina, and the 7, the Dutch Kiki Bertens.
China Taipei player Su Wei Hsieh, 1 in doubles, joined the list of renouncers yesterday for fear of Coronavirus, while Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova said no for some time.
