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Match Details
Fixture: (2) Alexander Bublik vs Federico Gomez
Date: 21 September 2024
Tournament: Chengdu Open 2024
Round: Second Round (Round of 16)
Venue: Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, China
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Prize money: $1,269,245
Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | UK - Sky UK
Alexander Bublik vs Federico Gomez preview
Second seed Alexander Bublik will take on Federico Gomez in the second round of the 2024 Chengdu Open. The Kazakh player has a 23-20 record in 2024, winning a title at the Open Sud de France. He last played at the US Open, where he faced a first-round exit after a loss to Shang Juncheng.
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Barring the title in France, Bublik has had other good results on the hard course as well. He reached the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships, losing to Ugo Humbert. The World No. 27 also reached the semi-finals of the Adelaide International and the Lyon Open, losing to Jack Draper and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. Being the second seed, the Kazakh got an opening-round bye at the Chengdu Open.
Federico Gomez has played only one match on the ATP Main Tour in 2024. He lost to Facundo Diaz Acosta in the first round of the Cordoba Open. That is the only ATP event that the Argentine has managed to qualify for in the season.
However, Gomez has been in good form in the Challenger Tour and the ITF circuit. He has won two titles on the Challenger Tour in Italy and secured an ITF title in France. At the Chengdu Open, Gomez defeated Vadym Ursu and Beibit Zhukayev to qualify for the main draw. He then defeated Alexandre Muller in the first round to secure his maiden ATP win of the season.
Alexander Bublik vs Federico Gomez head-to-head
This will be the first meeting between the players on the ATP Tour.
Alexander Bublik vs Federico Gomez odds
(Odds are sourced from BetMGM)
Alexander Bublik vs Federico Gomez prediction
Bublik has reached five hard-court finals in his career, winning three trophies, the last of which came at Montpellier this year, when he defeated Borna Coric in the final. The Kazakh player is a former runner-up at the Chengdu Open, as he reached the final in 2019 but lost to Pablo Carreno Busta in a tight three-set battle.
Clay has been the most successful surface for Federico Gomez so far in his career. All of his five challenger Tour and ITF titles have come on the red dirt. The Chengdu Open is the first event where the Argentine has fared well on a hard court.
Given the difference in rankings and pedigree, Bublik is the clear favorite in the match. However the Kazakh has not been in the best of form in recent times, so there is a chance for Gomez to win and set off the second seed.
Pick- Bublik to win in three sets.
