Kazakhstan's top tennis player Alexander Bublik (11) lost to Frenchman Quentin Halys (90) in a first-round match at the ATP-250 Swiss Open Gstaad-2026 that lasted two days due to a downpour. The final score was 7:6 (7:4), 4:6, 6:7 (5:7). This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
On the previous day, umpires stopped the match in the third set with the score 6:5 15:0 in favor of the Kazakh, the defending champion of Gstaad. After play resumed, Halys won a game and forced a decisive tiebreak. The 13th game did not go well for the Kazakh. The Frenchman took a 4-0 lead, Bublik reduced the gap to a minimum at 4-5, but the finish remained with Halys – 7-5.
Thus, Alexander the First failed to defend his title from last year, and Halys will face Alexander the Second in the quarterfinals.
The match between Alexander Shevchenko (100) and Dominic Stricker (360) was also interrupted by rain yesterday. At the time of the stoppage, the Swiss, who received a wild card from the tournament organizers, led with a break at 4-3. However, our tennis player turned the match around and, despite fierce support from the stands for Stricker, won in two sets – 7:6 (7:5), 6:2.
The Swiss Open Gstaad, the open championship of Switzerland in tennis, has been held since 1915. Until 1967, it was held in different cities, and in 1968 it found a permanent location in Gstaad, a popular ski resort in the Swiss Alps. It is considered the highest-altitude ATP tournament in Europe (1050 meters above sea level).
Since 2009, the tournament has been classified as ATP-250. The total prize fund is €612,500.
Over the years, the Swiss Open Gstaad has been won by Swiss Roger Federer, Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Swedish Stefan Edberg, Argentine Guillermo Vilas, and other stars.