![]() “I think that gives us a little indication of where his mindset is at right now,” Thearle said.īarrère went on to defeat Bublik 7-3 in the tiebreak set to win the match 6-4, 6-7, 7-6 after the Kazakhstani’s meltdown. “Well, this is getting out of hand now,” Perera said.įinally, Bublik took a fourth racket and continued to the other side of the court with his head down. The crowd cheered him on in his complete meltdown. “Well, that’s going to get the treatment as well,” Perera said.Īfter he disposed of the second racket, Bublik grabbed a third racket and obliterated that one into the ground for times as well. With each smash, broadcaster Mikey Perera counted along every time the racket hit the ground. “Well, the good news is he’s got plenty of other rackets,” Thearle said.Īs the crowd noise came down, Bublik walked over to the stack of backup rackets he had, grabbed one, and then destroyed that one four times on the ground. He walked over to the courtside benches to grab a new racket, or so we thought.īroadcaster Sue Thearle pointed out that Bublik had plenty of other rackets to use. After Bublik suffered three double faults, he smashed his racket five times on the ground. In the third set of the match, Bublik led four sets to two, but Barrère made a comeback to tie the set at six. On Wednesday, Bublik, of Kazakstan, faced off against Grégoire Barrère of France in the first round of the Open Sud de France tournament. ![]() 5 versus Terrafirma (2-2) in the curtain-raiser.Tennis player Alexander Bublik angrily smashed three of his rackets in a match this week, leading to some comically escalating commentary from the announcers. Meanwhile, pacesetting San Miguel Beer (5-0) aims to stretch its hot streak to a sixth game when it duels with Converge (4-1) in today’s main fare also at the MOA. With Maxwell cuffed, Jason Perkins and Larry Muyang showed the way for Phoenix with 20 and 15, respectively. Victolero’s troops later widened the gap to a high of 27 at 63-36.Īnd kept the Fuel Masters no closer than 14 the rest of the way to ice it. The Hotshots unleashed a thunderous 22-4 blast sparked by Jerrick Ahanmisi’s three triples and Calvin Abueva’s big buckets to pull away to a 47-28 tear in the second period. I knew about Magnolia’s shooters and how it fits me as a pass-first type of player,” he added.Īgainst the Magnolia import, Phoenix’ Du’Vaughn Maxwell limped to his lowest output of 11 markers as the Fuel Masters skidded to back-to-back losses and 1-5 overall. “That’s one of the main things we talked about – help turn things around,” said the 6-foot-3 import, who played for the Zamboanga Valientes before jumping over to Magnolia. Hester is well aware of the situation the slow-starting Hotshots are in. ![]() Nagagawa namin full court, nagagawa namin yung defensive schemes,” said Victolero. With Hester, nag-improve ang depensa namin. We got this guy to open up the floor and give our guards a chance to take their shots or create. We just need a game-changer like Hes (Hester) who can turn things around,” said Magnolia coach Chito Victolero,who patted Hester on the shoulder thrice for the good job as he sat beside him during the post-game presscon.Ī former Terrafirma reinforcement, Hester filled up the defensive muscle and inside presence Magnolia was lacking in its first three games, especially with Ian Sangalang sidelined by illness. “Although we lost our last three games, the locals were playing well. Hester, who replaced Eric McCree, posted 28 points, 12 rebounds, six assists and four steals in a smashing debut that brightened up Magnolia’s turnaround plans. Hired to pump life to a team that stumbled to a 0-3 start, Antonio Hester quickly went to work and towed the Hotshots to a 108-95 breakthrough over Phoenix Super LPG in the PBA Governors’ Cup yesterday at the MOA Arena. MANILA, Philippines - New import, new hope for Magnolia.
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