Bublik, currently ranked 45th in the world but been as high as No 17, ended Sinner's streak of wins since Cincinnati 2024, a period in which he had lost only to Alcaraz in Beijing, Rome and, in that incredible final at Roland Garros earlier this month.

"I almost got him guys," Bublik wrote on Instagram then after being steamrolled in straight sets by Italian superstar Jannik Sinner. Fast forward to Thursday at the Halle Open in

Alexander Bublik is the first player not named Carlos Alcaraz to beat Jannik Sinner in 49 matches. Bublik, who lost to the world No. 1 in the quarterfinals of the French Open a fortnight ago, ended Sinner’s defense of the Terra Wortmann Open in Halle,