Overview

• Alexander Bublik recovered from a two-set deficit to defeat ninth seed Alex de Minaur 2-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open second round.
• The Kazakh abandoned his early drop-shot tactic and adopted aggressive baseline shooting to overpower de Minaur in the final three sets.
• De Minaur landed fewer than half of his first serves in the closing sets and committed eight double faults, fueling a surge of unforced errors.
• The upset halts de Minaur’s run of four straight grand slam quarterfinals and jeopardises his top-10 position ahead of the grass-court season.
• Alexei Popyrin remains the last Australian in the men’s draw and is set to face Nuno Borges in the round of 32.