{"id":85523,"date":"2025-06-21T08:45:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T12:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=85523"},"modified":"2025-06-20T14:57:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:57:26","slug":"jannik-sinner-streaks-broken-alexander-bublik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/06\/21\/jannik-sinner-streaks-broken-alexander-bublik\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner’s Streaks Broken in Loss to Alexander Bublik"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not many in Halle would have expected the erratic Alexander Bublik<\/a> to beat World #1 Jannik Sinner<\/a> on Thursday. However, to the crowd’s amazement it did unfold in around 2 hours. A 36-winner barrage from Bublik had Sinner all over the place. The Kazakhstani was ruthless and sealed the match 3-6 6-3 6-4. What stood out in the result of the match was the number of streaks that had been successfully broken. Here are the three streaks that couldn’t survive post Bublik’s day out.<\/p>\n

1. Sinner’s 66-match win streak over below Top 20 broken<\/h2>\n

Jannik Sinner held a 66-match streak against players outside the Top 20 of the rankings. However, Bublik ranked #45 in the world, breached the little fortress built. The last time Sinner lost a match to a player ranked outside the op 20 was back in the 2023 French Open<\/a>, when he had a shocking exit against German Daniel Altmaier in a tough five set contest.<\/p>\n

2. Sinner loses to someone other than Alcaraz for the first time in a year<\/h2>\n

The Italian had not lost a single match to any other opponent other than Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> since August 2024. The last time he lost to a player other than Alcaraz was at the Roger’s Cup in August 2024, when he lost in three sets to Andrey Rublev. Since then the matches lost at China Open, Italian Open, and French Open have all come against the Spaniard. Bublik broke that streak as well with his win.<\/p>\n

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