Kazakhstan's top tennis player will fall out of the world ranking's top 80 for the first time since 2019.
The 51st-ranked player in the world, Kazakhstani tennis player Alexander Bublik, will drop out of the top 80 in the global rankings for the first time since July 2019 following an unsuccessful performance at the ATP 500 tournament in Dubai, UAE.
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In Dubai, where Bublik needed to defend his ranking points from last year's final (330 points), Alexander lost to Canada's 21st-ranked player Felix Auger-Aliassime in the first round with a score of 6:7 (7:9), 7:6 (7:4), 3:6, according to Sports.kz.
As a result, he earned only 10 points from the tournament.
In the live ATP rankings, the four-time association tournament champion Bublik has now dropped to the 81st position. In the current season, Alexander has played nine matches, suffering seven defeats.