Grigor Dimitrov defeats Ruusuvuori in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Cerundolo at the cinch Championships. HIGHLIGHTS – LONDON RESULTS

CINCH CHAMPIONSHIPS - LONDON DRAW AND RESULTS. Dimitrov ousts Ruusuvuori to square off with Francisco Cerundolo in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Emil Ruusuvuori

Grigor Dimitrov tops Emil Ruusuvuori 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in London on Tuesday. Dimitrov will try to keep the momentum against Francisco Cerundolo in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. The Bulgarian won this tournament once in 2014. Here you can see his history at this event.

Dimitrov
London
Dimitrov's Record

Grigor added to his prize money € 14,985 after conquering this match. He has already won € 32,105 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Bulgarian will add € 28,040 to his earnings to get in total € 60,145 in total.

Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Emil Ruusuvuori cinch Championships – London

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Dimitrov
Ruusuvuori
Grigor Dimitrov
6-2 6-4
1h:28
Emil Ruusuvuori
69
69
Total points
45
45
26
26
Winners
15
15
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
0
0
0
0
Double Faults
5
5
51%
51%
1st in
47%
47%
90%
90%
1st won
56%
56%
26/29
26/29
1st won
15/27
15/27
54%
54%
2nd won
47%
47%
15/28
15/28
2nd won
14/30
14/30
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
0/4
0/4
43%
43%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Bulgarian scored 69 points vs. Emil’s 45.

Dimitrov

Dimitrov served pretty well to win 90% of the points (26/29) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (15/28) on his second serve. Grigor blasted 11 aces without committing any double fault. Grigor won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Ruusuvuori

On the other side, Emil wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Ruusuvuori is 2-0 for Grigor.

Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Francisco Cerundolo – stats

Dimitrov will compete against Cerundolo in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Grigor Dimitrov and Francisco Cerundolo since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Grigor Dimitrov Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Dimitrov 6-2
DimitrovRuusuvuori
6
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
DimitrovRuusuvuori
6
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
DimitrovRuusuvuori
5
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
DimitrovRuusuvuori
5
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
DimitrovRuusuvuori
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
DimitrovRuusuvuori
3
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
DimitrovRuusuvuori
2
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
DimitrovRuusuvuori
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
DimitrovRuusuvuori
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Dimitrov got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Emil Ruusuvuori in the 1st game (1-0). Dimitrov improved his lead after breaking Emil in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

Dimitrov converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40). On the other side, the Finn wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (2-5 30-40).

They contested 56 points. Grigor was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Emil (34-22). Grigor conceded 8 points on serve (18-8). on the other side of the court, the Finn conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).

2nd Set -
Dimitrov 6-4
DimitrovRuusuvuori
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
DimitrovRuusuvuori
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
DimitrovRuusuvuori
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
DimitrovRuusuvuori
4
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
DimitrovRuusuvuori
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
DimitrovRuusuvuori
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
DimitrovRuusuvuori
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
DimitrovRuusuvuori
1
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
DimitrovRuusuvuori
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Dimitrov snatched in the 5th game (3-2) just before eventually conquering the set (6-4).

The Bulgarian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Finn was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 58 points. Dimitrov was the winner of the set after clinching 12 points more than Emil (35-23). Grigor surrendered 8 points on serve (23-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the Finn conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).

1st
Dimitrov
Ruusuvuori
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Dimitrov
Ruusuvuori
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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