Benoit Paire dispatches Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 6-4 6-7(4) 7-6(2) in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Paire will face Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 18 minutes. This run will match his best result in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
The French player added to his prize money $ 40,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 180,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Benoit will add $ 120,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 300,000 in total.
Highlights Benoit Paire vs. Grigor Dimitrov Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Paire scored 158 points vs. Dimitrov’s 143.
Paire
Paire served very well to win 82% of the points (63/77) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (39/75) on his second serve. Paire blasted 14 aces and he committed 9 double faults. Benoit won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Dimitrov
On the other side, the Bulgarian had some problems converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Paire and Dimitrov is 4-1 for Benoit.
Draw and next match H2H: Benoit Paire vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Paire will play Tsitsipas in the 3rd round.
This will be the 5th time that Benoit Paire and Stefanos Tsitsipas play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
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 Benoit grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
The French player wasted a good opportunity to break Dimitrov in the 1st game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The French player converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 3rd game (1-1 15-40). On the other side, Grigor wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 40-A).
They played 65 points. The French player was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Dimitrov (35-30). The French player conceded 9 points on serve (22-9). On the losing side, Grigor conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).
Paire was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Grigor Dimitrov in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Benoit to win the set because the Bulgarian succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) game. Benoit kept his focus to break Grigor in the 5th (3-2) game before conquering the set (6-4).
Benoit converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40). In addition on the other side, Grigor converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 73 points. Benoit was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Dimitrov (39-34). The French player dropped 15 points on serve (23-15). on the other side of the court, Dimitrov conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Dimitrov won the tiebreak at 7-4.
Tiebreak
The Bulgarian won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the French player won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 8th (4-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Dimitrov was on the money in converting all his break points in the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Bulgarian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 84 points. This set was so close that, Dimitrov won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Dimitrov conceded 13 points on serve (28-13). on the other side of the court, Paire conceded 14 points on serve (29-14).
Paire was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, that was not enough for Paire to win the set since Dimitrov succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Benoit maintained his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 0.
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