ATP 500 Beijing, Flavio Cobolli beats Alexander Bublik by saving a match point
ATP 500 Beijing, Flavio Cobolli beats Alexander Bublik by saving a match point
In the first round of the’ATP 500 on the outdoor concrete in Beijing, Flavio Cobolli, world number 32, beat in a comeback and saving a match pointi Alexander Bublik, number 26, with a score of 4-6 6-1 7-6in over two hours of play.
At 2-2 in the first set Bublik è the first to break, Cobolli recovered from 2-4 to 4-4 but here he suffered another break that è the decisive one for the Russian naturalized Kazakhstani to win the first partial.
The second set was dominated by Cobolli who flew to 5-0 with two breaks in favor and then extended the match by holding serve to zero. The third è balanced until 5-4 for Bublik who has a break ball that è also a match point but Cobolli saves himself.
It then goes to the tie-break, Flavio from 0-2 draws immediately and then, on 4-4, operates the final stretch with three points in a row that close the tie-break for 7-4 and the match. In the second round, the 22-year-old born in Florence and transplanted to Rome will meet Russian Pavel Kotov.
