Grigor Dimitrov demolishes Alexander Bublik 6-2 6-2 in the 3rd round in Paris on Thursday after playing a fantastic match to deal with Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 7 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 € 67,620 after conquering this match. He has already won € 145,380 after this win. If he wins the next match, Dimitrov will add € 121,150 to his earnings to get in total € 266,530 in total.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Alexander Bublik Rolex Paris Masters – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:07
At the end of the match, the Bulgarian scored 54 points vs. Alexander’s 38.
Dimitrov
The Bulgarian was pretty focused in converting 56% of the break points that he conquered (5/9).
Bublik
On the other side, Alexander had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Dimitrov and Bublik is 3-3.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Hubert Hurkacz – stats
Dimitrov will fight against Hurkacz in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Grigor Dimitrov and Hubert Hurkacz clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they squared off, Dimitrov won 7-64 7-65 in the 2nd round in Rotterdam back in February 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Dimitrov had a strong start of this set after breaking Alexander Bublik in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, there was more to do for Grigor to win the set as the Kazakhstani found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. The Bulgarian maintained his cool to break Alexander in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Bublik was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-2 to 6-2.
The Bulgarian converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Kazakhstani was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (0-3 0-40).
They played 49 points. The Bulgarian conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Bublik (27-22). Grigor conceded 8 points on serve (12-8). on the other side of the net, the Kazakhstani conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
Dimitrov in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Alexander and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking the Kazakhstani in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Alexander was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Grigor was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, the Kazakhstani was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40).
They contested 43 points. The Bulgarian won 11 more points than the Kazakhstani (27-16). Dimitrov dropped 10 points on serve (19-10). On the other side, Alexander conceded 8 points on serve (6-8).
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