Alexander Bublik admits Daniil Medvedev has been an absolute menace to him on the court docket however provides that Alexander Zverev is a matchup he likes very a lot.
The Kazakh, ranked at No. 33 on this planet, has confronted the 2021 US Open champion six occasions up to now in his profession and has as many losses. Not solely that the 27-year-old by no means clinched a win in opposition to the Russian, however he additionally managed to simply take one set in these six conferences – it occurred of their 2021 Toronto Masters second spherical match.
Whereas Bublik has struggled mightily in opposition to Medvedev, he has had plenty of success versus one other prime participant – world No. 2 Zverev. Of their 4 conferences, the previous world No. 17 earned three wins and misplaced solely as soon as – that solely loss got here on the Monte Carlo Masters on his least favourite floor, clay. And even there, the Kazakh was up by a set earlier than the two-time Grand Slam finalist managed to come back again and win in three units.
Impressively, two of these wins got here within the 2022 Montpellier closing and the 2023 Halle closing, respectively.
Bublik: Medvedev owns me however Zverev is my man…
Not too long ago, retired American gamers John Isner, Sam Querrey and Steve Johnson launched a podcast. Throughout his look there, the Kazakh four-time ATP champion was requested to disclose the participant he “actually disliked enjoying in opposition to.”
“I believe Medvedev owns me large time. Like large time. I’m unsure if I’ll ever beat him however I imply I don’t know why it’s been like this for the reason that juniors. I believe I’ve by no means received a match in opposition to him. I believe Sascha is my man. I’m main 4-1, I believe. Probably the most pleasing man I ever performed with in my life. I really like enjoying Sascha. I don’t know why I’ve such an amazing feeling in direction of him and each time I play and I play effectively, even he’s laughing on a regular basis when, , I’m exhibiting up late or performing some issues, he is like, ‘Okay, however nonetheless you’re going to beat me.’ I suppose we have now this mutual joke that’s popping out. However Daniil owns me for certain. Massive time,” Bublik stated on the Nothing Main Podcast.
This yr, Bublik performed in opposition to Medvedev on the Madrid Masters whereas he did not get an opportunity to satisfy Zverev.
