ACAPULCO RESULTS. Grigor Dimitrov bests Wawrinka in the quarter

Grigor Dimitrov downs Stan Wawrinka 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Acapulco on Thursday. Dimitrov will play Rafael Nadal in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Dimitrov had a racing start in this set after breaking Wawrinka in the 1^st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Grigor to win the set as the Swiss found the way to break back in the 6^th (3-3) game. Grigor maintained his focus to break the Swiss in the 7^th (4-3) game before managing to win the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Bulgarian conquered in the 5^th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

The Bulgarian missed the opportunity to break Wawrinka in the 7^th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Grigor scored 64 points vs. the Swiss’s 51 points.

Grigor was effective in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6). On the other side, Stanislas was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Wawrinka is 5-7 for Stanislas.

Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Stan Wawrinka Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco

Dimitrov’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Rafael Nadal – stats

Dimitrov will take on Nadal in the semifinal.

This will be the 14^th time that Grigor Dimitrov and Rafael Nadal play each other. The head to head is 12-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 5-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Nadal won 6-4 6-1 in the 3^rd round in Carlo back in 2019.

Tennis Scores in Acapulco

• Rafael NadalNadal – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Tommy PaulPaul (7-6³ 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Rafael NadalNadal – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (12-1) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – John IsnerIsner (1-2) – See H2H details