Kazakhstani tennis player Alexander Bublik, ranked World No. 62, has become the lowest-ranked athlete to achieve multiple consecutive victories over Top 10 players at Roland Garros since Ukrainian Andrey Medvedev (ranked No. 100) did so in 1999.
In the Round of 16, Bublik defeated Great Britain`s World No. 5 Jack Draper with a score of 5/7, 6/3, 6/2, 6/4. Earlier, in the second round of Roland Garros, Alexander had secured a win against Australian Alex De Minaur, who holds the ninth position in the rankings.
Bublik`s performance also marks a historic moment as he becomes the first representative from Kazakhstan to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament.
Contending for a spot in his first-ever Grand Slam semifinal, Bublik is set to face either the World No. 1 Italian Jannik Sinner or the World No. 15 Russian Andrey Rublev.
