PARIS RESULTS. Grigor Dimitrov defeats Humbert in the 1st round of the BNP Paribas Masters

Grigor Dimitrov hustles Ugo Humbert 4-6 6-1 6-2 in the 1^st round in Paris on Tuesday. Dimitrov will face David Goffin in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The French Player won the set after he broke Dimitrov in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 9^th (5-4) game. Dimitrov tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8^th (4-4) game. Yet, Humbert stayed solid before winning the set 6-4.

2^nd set.

Dimitrov was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Humbert in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Dimitrov managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Humbert in the 6^th (5-1) game before managing to win the set (6-1).

3^rd set.

Dimitrov had a racing start in this set after breaking Humbert in the 1^st game (1-0). The Bulgarian managed to boost his lead after breaking Ugo in the 7^th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Bulgarian scored 81 points vs. Humbert’s 61 points.

Grigor served exceptionally well to win 85% of the points (35/41) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (13/25) on his second serve. Grigor was pretty effective in converting 56% of the break points that he conquered (5/9). On the other side, the French Player was effective in converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Ugo Humbert BNP Paribas Masters – Paris

Dimitrov’s Interview

Next Match: Grigor Dimitrov vs. David Goffin – stats

Dimitrov will compete against Goffin in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 9^th time that Grigor Dimitrov and David Goffin fight against each other. The head to head is 7-1 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on I.hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Dimitrov won 6-4 7-6⁵ in the quarter in Monte Carlo back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Paris

• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Laslo DjereDjere (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (7-6⁶ 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Kyle EdmundEdmund – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Ugo HumbertHumbert (4-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Gilles SimonSimon (2-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Borna CoricCoric (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Christian GarinGarin – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Andrey RublevRublev (4-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (4-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Jeremy ChardyChardy – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (5-7 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Casper RuudRuud (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Marin CilicCilic (12-2) – See H2H details
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-1) – See H2H details
• Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-0) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Benoit PairePaire (0-1) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-0) – See H2H details
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Rafael NadalNadal (0-1) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-7) – See H2H details
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Dominic ThiemThiem (2-1) – See H2H details
• Kyle EdmundEdmund – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (1-2) – See H2H details
• Christian GarinGarin – John IsnerIsner (1-0) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – See H2H details
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-0) – See H2H details