Grigor Dimitrov conquers Gianluca Mager 7-5 6-1 in the 1st round in Rome on Monday. Dimitrov will clash against Yoshihito Nishioka in the 2nd round.
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Dimitrov won the set after he broke Mager in the 4th (3-1) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Gianluca tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. However, the Bulgarian didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 7-5.
Grigor converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). Also, on the other side, Mager converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They played 67 points. Grigor conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Gianluca (36-31). Grigor conceded 10 points on serve (22-10). On the other side, the Italian conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).
Dimitrov overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Mager in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Bulgarian managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Gianluca in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Dimitrov won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
Grigor converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 4th game (3-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Bulgarian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 40 points. Grigor was the one to win the set after conquering 16 points more than the Italian (28-12). The Bulgarian surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the net, Gianluca conceded 10 points on serve (5-10).
The Bulgarian will add to his prize money € 16,300 after conquering this match. He has won already € 37,490 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Bulgarian will add € 23,510 to his earnings to get in total € 61,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults and breaks
At the end of the match, Dimitrov scored 64 points vs. Gianluca’s 44.
Dimitrov served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (22/27) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (18/30) on his second serve. The Bulgarian was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6). On the other side, Mager was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Dimitrov and Mager is 1-0 for Grigor.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Gianluca Mager Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Yoshihito Nishioka – stats
Dimitrov will play Nishioka in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Yoshihito Nishioka clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
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