Grigor Dimitrov conquers Damir Dzumhur 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Vienna on Monday. Dimitrov will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Matteo Berrettini in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Dimitrov had a strong start of this set after breaking Dzumhur in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, that was not enough for Grigor to win the set as Damir managed to break back in the 7th (2-5) game.
Grigor failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.
2nd set.
Dimitrov took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Dzumhur in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for Grigor to win the set as Damir managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Dimitrov kept his focus to break Dzumhur in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Statistics
At the end of the match, Grigor scored 79 points vs. the Bosnian’s 57 points.
The Bulgarian served very well to win 79% of the points (26/33) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 44% points (14/32) on his second serve. The Bulgarian won this match even if he was struggling in converting his break points because he converted only 45% (5/11). On the other side, the Bosnian had a tough time in converting his break points as he converted only 38% of his break points (3/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Dimitrov and Dzumhur is 4-0 for Grigor.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Damir Dzumhur Erste Bank Open – Vienna
Next Match: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Matteo Berrettini – stats
Dimitrov will square off with Berrettini in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Matteo Berrettini face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Dimitrov won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Monte carlo back in April 2019.
Tennis Scores in Vienna
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Kyle EdmundEdmund (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
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- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
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