Halle: Bublik defeats Zverev, into final

Kazakh Alexander Bublik advanced to the final of Halle by beating German Alexander Zverev, the No 9 seed, 6-3, 7-5 at the Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion on Saturday.

Bublik, ranked No 48, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, the No 8 seed, and Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 3 seed, next.

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Bublik is into his eighth career ATP tour final, having won one of his previous seven – and his third on grass, having won none of the previous two.

It is also his first ATP 500 final.

The Kazakh won against Croat Borna Coric, the No 7 seed (6-3, 6-1), German Jan-Lennard Struff (6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3) and Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 4 seed (7-5, 2-0 ret.) in the previous rounds of the Halle Open.

Bublik, also known as “the Bublik Enemy”, will feature in UTS Los Angeles next month.

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Earlier in the tournament, Zverev, ranked No 22, defeated Austrian wildcard Dominic Thiem (6-3, 6-4), Canadian Denis Shapovalov (6-2, 6-4) and Chilean Nicolas Jarry (7-5, 6-3).

Halle ATP500, other semi-final result (Owl Arena/Gerry-Weber-Stadion, grass, EUR 2.195.175):

• Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Andrey Rublev