Best Tennis Reviews: ATP Halle – Alexander Bublik vs Karen Khachanov

Saturday, June 21, 2025

🧠 Form & Context

🌪️ Giant killer: Delivered one of the grass season's shocks by defeating world No.1 Jannik Sinner—ending Sinner’s 22-match streak vs non-top-20s.
🎯 Focused follow-up: No letdown—beat Macháč in straight sets the very next day. A sign of newfound mental sharpness.
📈 Form surge: Recovered from a ranking drop near 100, now inside the top 40 after a French Open QF and this strong grass run.
🏆 Proven here: Halle 2023 champion—he knows how to close at this venue and thrives in its rhythm.

🚧 Uneven 2025: Inconsistent results across surfaces, but Halle has been his cleanest stretch in months (3 wins, 0 sets lost).
🧱 No real tests yet: Beat Bergs, Auger-Aliassime, and Etcheverry—all outside the top 30. This will be a step up in opposition.
🌱 Grass doubts linger: This is only his second career semifinal on grass—the last one came here in 2017 (lost to Federer).
🤼‍♂️ Brace for chaos: Needs to stay composed if Bublik starts showboating. The Kazakh’s unpredictability can throw anyone off rhythm.

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