ACAPULCO RESULTS. Die-hard Grigor Dimitrov outlasts Mannarino in the 2nd round

Grigor Dimitrov survives Adrian Mannarino 6-7⁸ 6-2 7-6² in the 2^nd round in Acapulco on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Dimitrov will engage against Stan Wawrinka in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The French Player clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 6^th (2-4) game, Adrian broke back in the 7^th (3-4) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 8.

2^nd set.

The Bulgarian in this set was too strong for Adrian and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking the French Player in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Dimitrov won 5 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

3^rd set.

The Bulgarian won the set after he broke Mannarino in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game. Mannarino tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (4-4) game. Yet, Grigor didn’t lose the lead before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 2.

A defining moment of this contest was when Grigor won 4 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.

However also Mannarino won 4 consecutive games from 1-4 to 5-4

Statistics

At the end of the match, Grigor scored 110 points vs. Mannarino’s 103 points.

Dimitrov didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (5/10). On the other side, Mannarino was battling in converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Dimitrov and Mannarino is 2-0 for Grigor.

Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Adrian Mannarino Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco

Dimitrov’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Stan Wawrinka – stats

Dimitrov will fight against Wawrinka in the quarter.

This will be the 12^th time that Grigor Dimitrov and Stan Wawrinka face off. The head to head is 7-4 for Wawrinka (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Wawrinka won 6-3 6-2 7-5 in the 1^st round in New York back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Acapulco

• John IsnerIsner – Marcos GironGiron (6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-7⁸ 6-2 7-6²) – See score progression
• Kyle EdmundEdmund – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-6² 6-0) – See score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Rafael NadalNadal – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-4 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Rafael NadalNadal – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (0-0) – See H2H details
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-4) – See H2H details
• John IsnerIsner – Tommy PaulPaul (1-0) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Kyle EdmundEdmund (1-0) – See H2H details