Bublik beat Medvedev after one of the best weeks of his life and became champion in Halle

Alexander Bublik He is the new champion in the ATP 500 from Halle. The Kazakh, who had not started the tournament as one of the main favorites, signed a dream week in German lands and defeated Daniil Medvedev In the grand final for 6-3 and 7-6 (4) After almost an hour and a half game.

The good moment of the born in Moscow but representative of Kazakhstan since 2016 continues to spread week after week. After having been the great revelation of Roland Garros, where he reached the quarterfinals, this time he was charged to Jannik Sinner (No. 1) in the first round of Halle already three more preclassified (Tomas Machac, Karen Kachanov and Medvedev) to win a new trophy in his career.

However, this is not the first trophy of Bublik in Find. The Kazakh feels like a fish in the water on the German grass, where he was already champion in 2023 and is 9-0 against Top 25 tennis players. In addition, he is one of the few tennis players in history with more than one trophy there. Next to him are: Roger Federer (10), Yevgeny Kafelnikov (3) and Tommy Haas (2).

This triumph made it up 15 places in the ATP world ranking and the one born in Moscow It will be Top 30 after eight months. It should be noted that its bad results at the beginning of the year almost take it out of the top 100, becoming in position No. 82.

As to Medvedevthe Russian continues without getting titles in this 2025. Ex No. 1 of the world does not win a trophy from the 1000 Masters of Rome in 2023 and did not dispute a final from Indian Wells 2024. Although the US Open 2021 champion is going through a bad streak, Halle’s final assured him to reintegrate into the top 10.