Grigor Dimitrov beats Vacherot in the 1st round to play vs Kecmanovic or Berrettini at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – MONTE-CARLO ROLEX MASTERS RESULTS

MONTE-CARLO ROLEX MASTERS - MONTE-CARLO RESULTS. Dimitrov ousts Vacherot to square off with Miomir Kecmanovic or Matteo Berrettini in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Valentin Vacherot

Grigor Dimitrov prevails over Valentin Vacherot 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Monday. Dimitrov will clash against Miomir Kecmanovic or Matteo Berrettini in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 29 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2018 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

Dimitrov
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Dimitrov's Record

The Bulgarian added to his prize money € 19,150 after conquering this match. He has already won € 42,935 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Bulgarian will add € 37,130 to his earnings to get in total € 80,065 in total.

Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Valentin Vacherot Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo

Dimitrov’s Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nviNkUytwfA

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Dimitrov
Vacherot
Grigor Dimitrov
7-5 6-2
1h:29
Valentin Vacherot
64
64
Total points
50
50
20
20
Winners
24
24
31%
31%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
49%
49%
1st in
68%
68%
74%
74%
1st won
60%
60%
20/27
20/27
1st won
24/40
24/40
68%
68%
2nd won
53%
53%
19/28
19/28
2nd won
10/19
10/19
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
Total
1/1
1/1
67%
67%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Grigor scored 64 points vs. the Monegasque’s 50.

Dimitrov

Dimitrov was effective when converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6).

Vacherot

On the other side, Vacherot was absolutely great in converting the only break point that he converted. Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Vacherot is 1-0 for Grigor.

Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Miomir Kecmanovic or Matteo Berrettini – stats

Dimitrov will take on either Miomir Kecmanovic or Matteo Berrettini in the 2nd round. The head to head is 1-0 vs. Miomir Kecmanovic and 1-1 vs. Matteo Berrettini.Grigor Dimitrov Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Dimitrov HTML
DimitrovVacherot
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0
0
V
0
0

Dimitrov was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Valentin Vacherot in the 1st game (1-0). However, Grigor refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Monegasque in the 2nd (1-1) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Grigor failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.

The Bulgarian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 10th (5-4 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). On the other side, Vacherot was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).

They contested 76 points. Dimitrov was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Vacherot (41-35). Grigor lost 12 points on serve (27-12). on the other side of the court, Valentin conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).

2nd Set -
Dimitrov Not
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0
0
0
0

Grigor in this set played much better tennis than Vacherot and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Valentin in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Grigor was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Grigor didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 38 points. Grigor conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Vacherot (23-15). The Bulgarian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). on the other side of the court, Valentin conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

1st
Dimitrov
Vacherot
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Dimitrov
Vacherot
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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