Grigor Dimitrov gets the better of Ilya Ivashka 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Geneva on Wednesday. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Bulgarian added to his prize money € 5,000 after winning this match. He has won already € 14,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Grigor will add € 7,000 to his earnings to get in total € 21,000 in total.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Ilya Ivashka Gonet Geneva Open – Geneva
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Dimitrov scored 70 points vs. Ilya’s 54.
Dimitrov
The Bulgarian served very well to win 83% of the points (30/36) behind his first serve. However he won only 40% points (10/25) on his second serve. Grigor was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that he procured (4/7).
Ivashka
On the other side, Ilya was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Ivashka is 1-0 for Grigor.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Grigor conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
They contested 68 points. The Bulgarian was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Ilya (39-29). Grigor surrendered 8 points on serve (22-8). on the other side of the court, Ilya conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).
Dimitrov had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for Grigor to win the set since Ivashka found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Grigor maintained his focus to break Ivashka in the 10th (6-4) game.
An important stage of this set was when Grigor won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0. Notwithstanding also Ilya won 4 consecutive games from 0-5 to 4-5
They contested 56 points. The Bulgarian conquered the set after winning 10 more points than the Belarussian (33-23). The Bulgarian conceded 13 points on serve (18-13). On the losing side, Ilya conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).
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