Grigor Dimitrov makes light work of Rinky Hijikata 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in Brisbane on Friday after playing a superlative match to fight against Jordan Thompson in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes. Dimitrov won this tournament once in 2017. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Bulgarian added to his prize money $ 14,100 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 32,800 so far in this event. If he wins the next match, the Bulgarian will add $ 22,865 to his earnings to get in total $ 55,665.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Rinky Hijikata Brisbane International – Brisbane
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:18
At the end of the match, the Bulgarian scored 64 points vs. Hijikata’s 43.
Dimitrov
The Bulgarian served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (26/33) behind his first serve, and he won 71% points (12/17) on his second serve. The Bulgarian struck 12 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The Bulgarian won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Hijikata
On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Hijikata is 1-0 for Grigor.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jordan Thompson – stats
Dimitrov will play Thompson in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Jordan Thompson square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Dimitrov and Thompson (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Dimitrov had a racing start in this set after breaking Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Grigor managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Hijikata in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Bulgarian won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Dimitrov was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 8th game (6-0 30-40). On the other side, the Australian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 47 points. Dimitrov was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Rinky (30-17). Grigor lost 9 points on serve (18-9). on the other side of the court, Rinky conceded 12 points on serve (8-12).
Dimitrov conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd game (2-0). Grigor extended his lead after breaking Hijikata before winning the set (6-4).
Dimitrov was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Dimitrov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 60 points. Grigor won 8 more points than the Australian (34-26). Dimitrov was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (20-3). On the other side, Hijikata conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).
Tennis Scores in Brisbane
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Rafael NadalNadal (5-7 7-66 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Holger RuneRune – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-2 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-64 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-1) – H2H details and stats
