Marton Fucsovics upsets Grigor Dimitrov 6-7(5) 7-6(4) 3-6 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday. Fucsovics will have to play Frances Tiafoe in the 3rd round.
Fucsovics had an good ride in the last 2 sets to drop 5 games after winning 72 points vs. Dimitrov’s 46 points.
Score, report, and key facts
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Grigor won the breaker at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Grigor won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 8th (5-3), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Marton won a minibreak in the 5th (1-4) point.
Grigor won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 4-2, 5-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Dimitrov wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, the Hungarian was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A and 40-A).
They played 85 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Dimitrov won only 1 point more than Marton (43-42). Dimitrov conceded 13 points on serve (33-13). on the other side of the court, Fucsovics conceded 10 points on serve (29-10).
Marton won the set after recovering 3 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve 3 times in the 5th (2-3), in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (5-6) game, Fucsovics broke back 3 times in the 8th (4-4), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-4.
Marton failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 40.
Tiebreak
Marton won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (5-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Bulgarian won a minibreak in the 8th (3-5) point.
The Hungarian won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Fucsovics converted 30% of his break points (3/10). He had 10 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 40-A), the 10th (4-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Dimitrov converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A), the 9th (4-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 111 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Hungarian won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Dimitrov (55-56). Fucsovics dropped 24 points on serve (27-24). on the other side of the court, the Bulgarian conceded 28 points on serve (32-28).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Grigor conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before ultimately managing to win the set (6-3).
Grigor converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Marton was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 57 points. The Bulgarian was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the Hungarian (33-24). Dimitrov dropped 8 points on serve (23-8). on the other side of the net, Marton conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).
Dimitrov was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Fucsovics in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the Hungarian was not done to come back to break Grigor 3 times in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Hungarian converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40), the 5th (2-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Dimitrov was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40).
They played 59 points. Marton won 7 points more than Grigor (33-26). Fucsovics conceded 11 points on serve (16-11). On the losing side, Dimitrov conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).
Fucsovics won the set after he broke Grigor in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
The Bulgarian was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Fucsovics converted 18% of his break points (2/11). He had 11 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Fucsovics didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 59 points. The Hungarian was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than Dimitrov (36-23). Fucsovics dropped 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the court, the Bulgarian conceded 18 points on serve (16-18).
Fucsovics will add to his prize money $ 63,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 163,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Fucsovics will add $ 87,000 to his earnings to earn $ 250,000 in total.
Match Statistics
After this match, the head to head between Fucsovics and Dimitrov is 3-0 for Marton.
Highlights Marton Fucsovics vs. Grigor Dimitrov U.S. Open – New York
Draw and next match H2H: Marton Fucsovics vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats
Fucsovics will come up against Tiafoe in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Marton Fucsovics and Frances Tiafoe square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Fucsovics (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Fucsovics won 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Doha back in January 2020.
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