Bublik: "I Thought About the Plane Tickets, I Didn't Care About Losing"

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A player who is already in the third round of Roland Garros 2025 is doing a remarkable job of disguising his intense hatred for clay courts this season. Despite years of lackluster performances during these months on the tour, Alexander Bublik seems to be calling a truce with the surface he has complained about so vehemently throughout his career.

Still relishing the epic five-set comeback against Alex de Miñaur, the Kazakh player, ranked 56th in the world, made some intriguing confessions during a press conference about his state of mind throughout that second-round encounter. Surprising even himself, Bublik is now aiming for more success at the French Grand Slam.

The key to his comeback

"There’s not much secret to it. I kept on playing. I had a few opportunities that I capitalized on. It was a momentum shift. It was a bit early for me. 11:00 isn’t my preferred time. I was a bit groggy in the first two sets. It was crucial to wake up and then play one of the best Grand Slam matches of my life."

From thinking about his return ticket to reaching the third round

"I was already thinking about plane tickets in my head. In a way, I didn’t care. I thought I would have to accept defeat. This year, I have won 12 or 13 matches on clay, so being in the second round here is an achievement for me because I have never won so many matches on clay before. I was a bit tired.

I told my team, they know it, so if I lost, I wouldn’t be sad. I’d be happy, back home at 9 o’clock in Monaco tonight. In the end, I held on. If I have a chance, I know I’m capable of beating those players. I had a small chance, and I took it. I saw that slight dip in his game in the third set, and I used it."

A radical change in the circuit

"I had a discussion with Gael Monfils in Dubai. I was complaining, on a losing streak. I said, ‘Gael, it was so easy, it had never happened to me. Everyone is playing so well.’ He shared a very wise thought with me, that now we are all professionals: ‘If you notice, everyone gets up early, does their exercises, treatment, does everything.'

When I arrived on the circuit, there were few players truly focused on their routines. I’m not talking about the greats like Roger, Rafa, and Novak. I’m not talking about them, but in general, among the top 50 or 100 players, there were people having fun, no physiotherapists or coaches. Now everyone is super professional. I’m certainly not the most professional guy on the planet. You have to wait for your opportunities and seize them; if you don’t use them, it’s your problem. I think we should have more room for fun, but everyone is professional, so it’s quite hard to play tennis."

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