Grigor Dimitrov bests Popyrin in the 3rd round at the Shanghai Rolex Masters – SHANGHAI RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS - SHANGHAI DRAW AND RESULTS. Dimitrov hustles Popyrin

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Luke Meyer
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Grigor Dimitrov overcomes Alexei Popyrin 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 3rd round in Shanghai on Tuesday. Dimitrov will clash against Jakub Mensik in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Dimitrov's Record

The Bulgarian added to his prize money $ 41,900 after winning this match. He has already won $ 101,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Bulgarian will add $ 84,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 185,000 in total.

Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Alexei Popyrin Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai

Dimitrov’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Dimitrov
Popyrin
Grigor Dimitrov
7-65 6-2
1h:28
Alexei Popyrin
72
72
Total points
53
53
33
33
Winners
33
33
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
62%
62%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
13
13
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
64%
64%
1st in
68%
68%
97%
97%
1st won
67%
67%
33/34
33/34
1st won
33/49
33/49
68%
68%
2nd won
57%
57%
13/19
13/19
2nd won
13/23
13/23
-- Break Points --
2/6
2/6
Total
0/0
0/0
33%
33%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Grigor scored 72 points vs. Alexei’s 53.

Dimitrov

The Bulgarian served exceptionally well to win 97% of the points (33/34) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (13/19) on his second serve. Grigor won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.

Popyrin

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

After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Popyrin is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jakub Mensik – stats

Dimitrov will play Mensik in the 4th round.

This will be the 2nd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Jakub Mensik fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Mensik (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Mensik won 6-2 6-74 6-3 in the 2nd round in Madrid back in April 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Dimitrov won the set after he broke Alexei .

They played 89 points. The Bulgarian was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Alexei (47-42). Grigor dropped 7 points on serve (24-7). In addition, on the other side, Popyrin conceded 23 points on serve (35-23).

2nd Set -
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Dimitrov had a great start in this set after breaking Alexei Popyrin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. That break resulted decisive for Dimitrov to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks.

Grigor won 0 consecutive points in this set from 15-0 2-0 to .

The Bulgarian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 5th game (4-0 40-A). On the other side, the Bulgarian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 36 points. Dimitrov was the winner of the set after clinching 16 more points than the Australian (26-10). Dimitrov was untouchable on serve to drop not even a single point during his serving games (16-0). on the other side of the court, Popyrin conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).

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

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

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  • Ben SheltonShelton – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-4)
  • Jakub MensikMensik – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-75 6-2)
  • Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-67 2-6 6-1)
  • Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-65 6-2)
  • Tomas MachacMachac – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 6-2)
  • Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-3 7-5)
  • Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (5-7 6-4 6-4)
  • Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Yibing WuWu (7-65 6-3)
  • Jannik SinnerSinner – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-73 6-4 6-2)
  • Tommy PaulPaul – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-72 7-66 6-2)
  • Holger RuneRune – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-4 7-5)

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