Wimbledon winner Pat Cash has identified Alexander Bublik as the player who is the biggest threat to Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner at the 2026 Australian Open.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz and Sinner, who are ranked first and second, are the heavy favourites to meet in the\u00a0Australian Open<\/a> final, having faced off in each of the last three Grand Slam championship matches.<\/p>\n Bublik is the 10th seed at the Melbourne major, having enjoyed a remarkable rise since March 2025, when he was ranked 82nd in the world.<\/p>\n The Russian-born Kazakh is at a career-high ranking of world No 10 after starting his 2026 season by winning the ATP 250 tournament in Hong Kong, where he downed Lorenzo Musetti in the final.<\/p>\n The 28-year-old\u2019s Hong Kong triumph took his tally of ATP Tour titles to nine, with five having come since June last year.<\/p>\n Bublik could face world No 1 Alcaraz in the quarter-finals at the Australian Open, while he can only play two-time reigning champion Sinner if he reaches the final.<\/p>\n Speaking on Wide World of Sports radio, Cash argued Bublik is the\u00a0player most likely to upset one of the top two Down Under.<\/p>\n \u201cBublik is the guy to look for. He\u2019s the guy that can upset one of them (Alcaraz or Sinner). I don\u2019t know if he can do it back-to-back,\u201d said the former world No 4.<\/p>\n Novak Djokovic Australian Open theory questioned by leading injury expert<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Boris Becker hints John McEnroe may be proved wrong after Novak Djokovic comments<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cSix foot five with all the talent in the world. They sort of call him the Eastern Bloc Nick Kyrgios \u2014 that\u2019s the sort of way that he plays. He\u2019s got flair, I think he\u2019s probably a bit more focused than Nick.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I think he\u2019s got a chance of upsetting those players. Like Nick did, he can come out and have a great match. Don\u2019t know if he can go all the way, like Nick. But he\u2019s dangerous and he\u2019s great to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n Cash was also asked whether Alcaraz and Sinner could have a decade of dominance comparable to that of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, I don\u2019t know about a decade, but certainly the next two or three years. Hopefully neither of them get injured and let\u2019s see if they keep their motivation,\u201d said the Australian.<\/p>\n \u201cNext 12 Grand Slams, let\u2019s say, it\u2019s going to be between those two guys. Six apiece, let\u2019s say\u2026 maybe not, maybe one of them will work the other one out.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: John McEnroe\u2019s verdict on Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s Australian Open form as he makes \u2018lucky\u2019 comment<\/a> The post Pat Cash names Australian Open star most likely to upset Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wimbledon winner Pat Cash has identified Alexander Bublik as the player who is the biggest threat to Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner at the 2026 Australian Open. Alcaraz and Sinner, who are ranked first and second, are the heavy favourites to meet in the\u00a0Australian Open final, having faced off in each of the last three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Australian Open News<\/h2>\n
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