VIENNA RESULTS. Grigor Dimitrov prevails over Dzumhur in the 1st round of the Erste Bank Open

Grigor Dimitrov conquers Damir Dzumhur 6-3 7-5 in the 1^st round in Vienna on Monday. Dimitrov will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Matteo Berrettini in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Dimitrov had a strong start of this set after breaking Dzumhur in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, that was not enough for Grigor to win the set as Damir managed to break back in the 7^th (2-5) game.

Grigor failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.

2^nd set.

Dimitrov took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Dzumhur in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for Grigor to win the set as Damir managed to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 8^th (4-4) game. Dimitrov kept his focus to break Dzumhur in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 11^th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Grigor scored 79 points vs. the Bosnian’s 57 points.

The Bulgarian served very well to win 79% of the points (26/33) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 44% points (14/32) on his second serve. The Bulgarian won this match even if he was struggling in converting his break points because he converted only 45% (5/11). On the other side, the Bosnian had a tough time in converting his break points as he converted only 38% of his break points (3/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Dimitrov and Dzumhur is 4-0 for Grigor.

Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Damir Dzumhur Erste Bank Open – Vienna

Next Match: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Matteo Berrettini – stats

Dimitrov will square off with Berrettini in the 2^nd round.

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

The last time that they fought against each other, Dimitrov won 7-5 6-4 in the 1^st round in Monte carlo back in April 2019.

Tennis Scores in Vienna

• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Kyle EdmundEdmund (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression

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