Kitzbuhel Prediction: Alexander Bublik vs Quentin Halys
07:00 AM EDT
The Line: Betting Odds: Alexander Bublik -222 / Quentin Halys +171
Alexander Bublik vs Quentin Halys Preview
Alexander Bublik reached his second final at the Kitzbuhel Open with a hard-fought straight sets win over Argentina’s Tomas Martin Etcheverry. The match took 19 games to decide. Bublik prevailed 6-3, 6-4 in an hour and 25 minutes. Bublik earned breaks at the start of every set and that proved sufficient in securing his way into Saturday’s final.In the victory, Bublik hit 7 aces and committed 3 double faults. Bublik landed 65% of first serves in play and won 82% of first serve points (32/39). Bublik won 48% of second serve points (10/21) and saved one break point in the match. Bublik has not lost a set this week and beat Facundo Diaz Acosta and Alex Molcan earlier in the tournament. Bublik improves to 8-7 on clay for the season. He will remain in the 11th spot in the ATP rankings even with a title success.
Quentin Halys reached the Kitzbuhel Open final on his debut appearance. The Frenchman beat Yannick Hanfmann in straight sets in the semifinals. The match took 23 games to decide. Halys prevailed 6-4, 7-6. He needed eight match points to clinch victory, having been thwarted while serving for the match at 5-4, and then wasted five more match points on Hanfmann’s serve. But Halys sealed the deal in the second set tiebreak.
In the victory, Halys hit 11 aces and committed 3 double faults. Halys landed 60% of first serves in play and won 94% of first serve points (32/34). Halys won 65% of second serve points (15/23) and was broken once in the match. Halys has played in one ATP final at the Gstaad Open and lost, so he will be chasing his first Tour level title on Saturday at the Kitzbuhel Open.

