Bublik realistic about his chances of winning a Grand Slam: "It's a way of life you have to have".
Alexander Bublik is always very honest in interviews. In recent days, the 27-year-old, who was 17th in the world last year, has described the final months of the careers of Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray, two legends who will be retiring from tennis in 2024, as a circus.
In an interview with Russian media outlet Match TV, the man who won four titles on the main tour believes he doesn't have the workload to win a Grand Slam title, or even break into the top 10.
"I don't think it's feasible. At least in my head. Of course, anything's possible, if my opponents forfeit, for example.
It's possible if a member of the top 3 withdraws in the semi-finals against me, then if the same thing happens in the final. It's a way of life. It's very important.
To give yourself a chance of breaking into the top 10 of the rankings and winning Grand Slam titles, you have to live a different life.
Every day, I communicate with the best players in the world, who are my comrades and friends. I see what they do.
I'll give you an example. Once with Zverev, we flew from Shanghai to Monaco on Wednesday evening, but on different flights.
Zverev arrived on Thursday at six in the morning. The flight took almost 16 hours. On Thursday and Friday, I rested.
I went back to training on Saturday. Sascha was there that day. I said to him, 'Is this your first day of training?' and he replied, 'No, this is my sixth training session.'
He had trained twice on Thursday, Friday and then again on Saturday. Now imagine. Over a ten-year period, a player like Sascha surpasses me by two years, maybe three, in terms of hours of work.
Of course, in one match, anything can happen and I can beat him, but in the long term, it's not comparable," he concluded.
