Ugo Humbert possessed a wonderful document within the ATP Tour finals on the Dubai Tennis Championships because the World No. 18 defeated Alexander Bublik 6-4, 6-3 within the summit conflict to win the title. After successful his second ATP 500 match in Dubai, the Frenchman now has a 6-0 document in title matches on the tour degree. He received the title on the ATP 500 grass-court match in Halle in 2021.

“I played at a fantastic level during the whole week. Today was not easy… I don’t know, but I have a good statistic, I have a really good team around me,” Humbert mentioned as quoted by ATP. According to ATP Stats, the 25-year-old crushed his forehand to push Bublik deep and win 27 video games.

After an hour and twenty-seven minutes, Humbert received the match by holding off a break level with a backhand winner whereas serving for the match. “He is not easy to play against. He had some opportunities to break me, but I was calm and knew exactly what I had to do,” Humbert added.

In the PIF ATP Rankings on Monday, Humbert–who received over World No. 4 Daniil Medvedev within the semifinals–will climb to a career-high No. 14. Since Gael Monfils in May 2021, he’s the primary Frenchman to look within the Top 15. Humbert received the trophy in his native Marseille earlier within the season. The fifth seed, who was making his Dubai debut, is the third French champion within the historical past of the competitors, after Fabrice Santoro (2002) and Jerome Golmard (1999).

Bublik, who had received in Montpellier in February, was going for his second tour-level trophy of the 12 months. On Monday, the 26-year-old will make his Top 20 PIF ATP Rankings debut at No 19. (ANI)

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