French Open R2 previews and predictions: De Minaur vs. Bublik, Lehecka vs. Davidovich Fokina
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The Grandstand looks at Thursday’s best matches at the French Open with overviews and predictions for Alex de Minaur against Alexander Bublik and Jiri Lehecka vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
(9) Alex de Minaur vs. Alexander Bublik
Match Overview
Australia’s Alex de Minaur (world No. 9) vs. Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik (world No. 62) Date: 29-05-2025 Surface: Clay Grand Slam: Champion gets 2000 pointsWhy This Match MattersAlex de Minaur is one of the fittest players on the ATP tour playing on the most grueling surface tennis has to offer. The Aussie is looking for his first title of the season. But mostly it’s worth watching because there’s an outside chance Bublik might get into an actual physical altercation with his opponent, as he nearly did at the Phoenix Challenger a couple months ago against Corentin Moutet.
Key Stats
De Minaur holds a career 3-0 record over Bublik Bublik won a Challenger event two weeks ago in Turin on clay De Minaur defeated Laslo Djere in the first round, while Bublik took out James Duckworth in easy straight setsOdds and PredictionBetting odds: Alex de Minaur (-900) Alexander Bublik (+600)
Cheryl pick: De Minaur in 4Ricky pick: De Minaur in 3
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