Grigor Dimitrov victorious over Zizou Bergs 6-3 3-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in Shanghai on Monday. Dimitrov will play Alexei Popyrin in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Dimitrov added to his prize money $ 24,600 after winning this match. He has already won $ 59,100 after this win. If he wins the next match, Dimitrov will add $ 41,900 to his earnings to get in total $ 101,000 in total.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Zizou Bergs Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Bulgarian scored 95 points vs. Bergs’s 84.
Dimitrov
Grigor was pretty good at converting 71% of the break points that he procured (5/7).
Bergs
On the other side, the Belgian had a tough time converting his break points (only 25% – 3/12). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Dimitrov and Bergs is 2-0 for Grigor.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Alexei Popyrin – stats
Dimitrov will compete against Popyrin in the 3rd round.
This will be the 4th time that Grigor Dimitrov and Alexei Popyrin clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Popyrin won 4-6 7-65 6-3 in the 3rd round in Montreal back in August 2024.
Live score progression and stats
The Bulgarian won the set after he broke the Belgian in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. The Belgian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Yet, the Bulgarian didn’t blink to win the set 6-3.
Bergs was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The Bulgarian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 7th game (4-3 0-40). Also, on the other side, Bergs converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 67 points. Dimitrov won 7 points more than Bergs (37-30). The Bulgarian dropped 12 points on serve (19-12). on the other side of the court, Bergs conceded 18 points on serve (18-18).
Dimitrov had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Zizou Bergs in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was enough for the Belgian to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Zizou was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, the Belgian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 67 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Belgian won just 3 more points than the Bulgarian (35-32). Bergs was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Grigor conceded 19 points on serve (28-19).
Dimitrov had a favorable start in this set after breaking Zizou Bergs in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, there was more to do for the Bulgarian to win the set as the Belgian found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) game. The Bulgarian kept his cool to break Bergs in the 8th (6-2) game.
Grigor failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 30.
Grigor converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 0th (2-0 40-A), the 6th (4-1 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Zizou converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They contested 45 points. The Bulgarian conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Bergs (26-19). The Bulgarian dropped 8 points on serve (11-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Zizou conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).
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