Alexander Zverev gets the better of Dimitrov in the 3rd round. HIGHLIGHTS – PARIS RESULTS

ROLEX PARIS MASTERS - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Zverev overcomes Dimitrov to come up against Casper Ruud in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Grigor Dimitrov

Alexander Zverev hustles Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(4) 6-7(3) 6-3 in the 3rd round in Paris on Thursday. Zverev will face off with Casper Ruud in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Zverev
Paris
Zverev's Record

Alexander added to his prize money € 24,000 after winning this match. He has won already € 60,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Zverev will add € 46,000 to his earnings to get in total € 106,000 in total.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Grigor Dimitrov Rolex Paris Masters – Paris

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zverev
Dimitrov
Alexander Zverev
7-64 6-73 6-3
2h:45
Grigor Dimitrov
105
105
Total points
106
106
58
58
Winners
52
52
55%
55%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
7
7
5
5
Double Faults
2
2
69%
69%
1st in
70%
70%
73%
73%
1st won
76%
76%
58/79
58/79
1st won
52/68
52/68
54%
54%
2nd won
59%
59%
19/35
19/35
2nd won
17/29
17/29
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
Total
1/10
1/10
38%
38%
Won
10%
10%
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Zverev won this encounter even if he scored less points than Grigor (105 vs. 106).

Zverev

The German struck 17 aces and he committed 5 double faults. The German won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.

Dimitrov

On the other side, the Bulgarian was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 10% – 1/10). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Dimitrov is 3-1 for Alexander.

Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Casper Ruud – stats

Zverev will play Ruud in the quarter.

This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they played each other, Zverev won 6-1 6-3 in the quarter in Cincinnati back in August 2021.

Alexander Zverev Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Zverev won the set after he broke Dimitrov in the 7th (4-3) game. Grigor tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, the German kept the focus to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 3.

Alexander missed the opportunity to break the Bulgarian in the 3rd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Tiebreak

Zverev won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Grigor won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 9th (3-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3

They contested 70 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Alexander won just 2 points more than the Bulgarian (36-34). Alexander lost 10 points on serve (25-10). On the other side, the Bulgarian conceded 11 points on serve (24-11).

2nd Set -
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Dimitrov surrendered 9 points on serve (32-9). Regarding the other side of the net, the German conceded 10 points on serve (26-10).

3rd Set -
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Alexander won the set after he broke Dimitrov in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Dimitrov had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.

They played 63 points. Alexander won 5 more points than the Bulgarian (34-29). The German conceded 14 points on serve (24-14). on the other side of the net, Grigor conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).

 

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