Alexander Bublik vs Marin Cilic

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🧠 Form & Context

Alexander Bublik (No. 24, age 28)

• 🇰🇿 Mercurial talent, mixing shot-making brilliance with unpredictability.
• 📊 2025 record: 35–17 (5–7 on hard). Titles: Halle (grass), Gstaad + Kitzbühel (clay).
• 🔥 Highlight: Beat Sinner, Medvedev, Khachanov en route to Halle title.
• 🏟️ US Open history: Never past R3, lost R1 in 4 of last 5 appearances.
• ⚠️ Skipped US Open hard-court tune-ups — no hard match since Miami in March.

Marin Cilic (No. 62, age 36)

• 🇭🇷 Former world No. 3, 2014 US Open champion.
• 📊 2025 record: 22–12 (2–2 on hard). Highlights: Nottingham Challenger title, Wimbledon R16.
• 📉 Struggles: Long gaps in schedule, fitness issues. Last match = Wimbledon R16 loss to Cobolli.
• 🏟️ US Open history: Champion (2014), SF (2015), multiple QFs; last strong run in 2022 (R16).
• ⚠️ Fitness factor: No tour-level hard-court match in over 7 months.

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