Grigor Dimitrov crushes Steve Johnson 6-3 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday after playing a terrific match to come up against Brandon Nakashima in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Grigor added to his prize money $ 41,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 121,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Bulgarian will add $ 67,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 188,000 in total.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Steve Johnson U.S. Open – New York
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Dimitrov scored 91 points vs. Steve’s 59.
Dimitrov
Dimitrov served extremely well to win 95% of the points (36/38) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (17/26) on his second serve. Dimitrov fired 23 aces and he committed 4 double faults. The Bulgarian won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.
Johnson
On the other side, Johnson wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Johnson is 6-3 for Grigor.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Brandon Nakashima – stats
Dimitrov will take on Nakashima in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Brandon Nakashima play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Dimitrov won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Rome back in May 2022.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Bulgarian clinched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Dimitrov converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Dimitrov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 51 points. The Bulgarian conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Johnson (32-19). The Bulgarian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (20-2). On the other side, Steve conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
Grigor in this set was much more effective than Johnson and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking the American in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
One of the most important stints of the set was when the Bulgarian won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
The Bulgarian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Dimitrov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 46 points. The Bulgarian was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Steve (27-19). The Bulgarian surrendered 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the net, Steve conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).
Dimitrov started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Steve Johnson in the 1st game (1-0). Grigor extended his lead after breaking the American in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
Grigor converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, the Bulgarian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. The Bulgarian was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than the American (32-21). Dimitrov was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).
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