Bublik vs Anderson: will Alexander get to the final?

Bublik showed solid play on grass this season. He did not have any high-profile victories, but in general, Alexander showed stability and good results. In Eastbourne, he reached the quarterfinals and lost at Wimbledon in the third round. Probably the most important victories of the representative of Kazakhstan were over Grigor Dimitrov and Egor Gerasimov.

Bublik started his campaign at the tournament in Newport with a difficult victory over Ivo Karlovic. Despite that the Croatian player is already 42 years old, he still has a big serve. But Alexander cleverly took advantage of Ivo's mistakes and won with a score of 7-6, 4-6, 6-1. It was much easier in the second round: Bublik beat Jason Jung in straight sets (6-2, 6-4).

Anderson still cannot return to his former shape. After an injury, the South African athlete got noticeably worse. There was hope that Kevin would finally improve his performance on grass, but that didn't happen.

But despite recent setbacks, Anderson has been doing well in Newport. In the first two rounds, he had no major problems. First, Anderson ousted Ilya Marchenko (7-5, 6-3), and then defeated Sebastian Ofner (7-5, 7-6). In the last match, Kevin beat Jack Sock (6-7, 6-2, 6-4).