29/04/2024 19:11hs.
Alexander Bublik (18th) beat Ben Shelton (15th) in the third round of the Madrid Masters 1000 by 3-6, 7-6 (2) and 6-4, but the most fun part of the match came once it was over. Once his victory was complete, the Kazakh spoke with the official broadcast and when he told what he thought was the most difficult part of the match, he surprised everyone: “Get up so early”.
“The key was to wake up, at 11 is a pretty tough start for me. I played twice all year at 11, and came out victorious both times. “It’s hard to work at 11,” said the Asian, who battled for two and a half hours against the young American.
Then he added to the topic of the schedule: “I woke up around 7 Who wakes up at 7? If you are a top 20 professional tennis player you don’t need to wake up“In the second set I was better, I looked at my watch as if I had another 30-40 minutes until my body woke up to start working,” added the Kazakh.
“I focus on the aces, it’s the only thing that matters to me. You have more information than my coach, he has no idea, he is more relaxed than me. I have the Masters here and in Rome, and today he told me ‘I have to go home, brother, play yourself’. “I told him the French Open started on Sunday, and he told me it would come on Friday,” he commented on his new relationship with his coach.
Bublik doesn’t take the games very seriously.
And like his little beast, he said that “I always thought tennis was very boring. Imagine that you pay the entrance fee and go on Sunday to see Bublik against Coric in 32 minutes, 6-1, 2-1 instead of being with your family drinking wine. Come on, do something.”
Finally, he touched on the topic of the ATP ranking and, as he did with everything he said before, he played down its importance: “I really don’t care, I’m not being sarcastic. I think the most important thing is to be happy and enjoy what I do. If I’m meant to be in the top 10, I will be in the top 10 one day. Otherwise, I don’t care“.
Bublik has a title in 2024.
Now, the champion in Montpellier (being the first player to win after losing the first set in all matches) will have to face in the round of 16 none other than Daniil Medvedev (4°)curiously this Tuesday in the first round, the same time in which he defeated Shelton.
Everyone takes it seriously, Bublik has fun
Bublik is a characteristic character in the world of tennis and his news is more for his eccentricities on and off the court than for his matches won on clay, a surface that is not his forte.
In addition to what he said after beating Shelton, he has other crazy things in his history that mark him as a more than controversial player.
In his debut in the second round in Madrid he beat the local Roberto Carballés Baena (68th), and when he was 5-1 in the third set, threw a “Big Willy”almost laughing. The Spaniard, angry, began to aim his shots directly at the body of his rival, who when he consummated his victory went blowing kisses to the stands, from which only whistles and insults fell.
This year, in his debut at the Monte Carlo Masters with a 6-1, 6-1 defeat against Borna Coric, He invited a ball catcher to serve of the game during the second set, which caused a lot of laughter and some annoyance within the public in the stadium.
The fun moment that Bublik starred in against Coric.
Likewise, in the Metz final last year he turned the racket against Lorenzo Sonego and hit the ball with the handle, holding on to the net. Another, also in Montpellier, broke three rackets in a rowone behind the other, in their duel against Gregoire Barrere.
Bublik’s fit of rage.
2024-04-29 22:11:43
#won #match #Madrid #Masters #difficult #early #Olé
