Grigor Dimitrov wins his Stockholm opener after edging a tough Jerzy Janowicz. There was only 1 break during the entire match (in the last game of the opening set), and the Bulgarian resolved the affair only in the breaker of the second set before winning the contest 7-5 7-6 (5) after scoring just 8 points more than Janowicz.
I knew it would have been close. DIMITROV
After the match, Grigor commented
“I knew it was going to come down to a few points in the first or the second set. He’s a super-talented player, especially indoors. He served unbelievable, so I was struggling quite a bit to find my way around the return area but each game I just really had to stay positive, stay pumped and I just really had to focus on my game because I couldn’t afford myself to be negative or to have a loose point.”
Next vs. Mischa Zverev
Grigor will face Mischa Zverev in the quarters. The head to head is 2-0 for Dimitrov that has always defeated the German after dropping a set.
