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How will Bublik get up this morning? Happy ? Grumpy? Monsieur has his cycles, that's how it is...

Well, that's it, Bublik fell back into a bad period.. For how long this time?

As for our Austrian darling, since Wimbledon things have improved but it's still quite sluggish. This is evidenced by his tournament in Kitzbuhel where he only comes out in hard-fought matches thanks in particular to a crazy public which makes him tear up to win sets 2 and 3 of almost every match before losing in the final, exhausted, against Baez. . He has not played since. He was scheduled to play Winston Salem to regain some hard playing time, but pulled out with gastrointestinal issues. He will therefore arrive like a flower in his 1st round, where Bublik was able to play against Hurkacz and Monfils during the last Masters 1000.

In terms of pure confrontation, I think Dominic is still a bit tight to face someone who can decide to often stay in the short line and therefore prevent the Austrian from breaking in. So the match will certainly not be played physically, unless Thiem starts vomiting with his gastro 😅. Bublik side, difficult to judge his last two games. Against Gael, maybe he was expecting a show. Against Hurkacz, he never played well. He will be motivated by the event, no doubt. And at the same time, he never had very good results at the US Open (only one 3rd round in 2019 with defeat against Andujar...).