Dusan Lajovic downs Filip Krajinovic 6-2 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Carlo Rolex Masters on Sunday in what was an all-Serbian match. Lajovic will square off with Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the final in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Lajovic's Record

Dusan added to his prize money € 17,420 after winning this match. He has won already € 39,070 after this win. If he wins the next match, Dusan will add € 33,795 to his earnings to get in total € 72,865 in total.

Highlights Dusan Lajovic vs. Filip Krajinovic Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Lajovic
Krajinovic
6-2 7-64
1h:44
80
80
Total points
63
63
32
32
Winners
15
15
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
24%
24%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
59%
59%
1st in
47%
47%
67%
67%
1st won
52%
52%
32/48
32/48
1st won
15/29
15/29
55%
55%
2nd won
52%
52%
18/33
18/33
2nd won
17/33
17/33
-- Break Points --
4/5
4/5
Total
2/6
2/6
80%
80%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Dusan scored 80 points vs. Krajinovic’s 63.

Lajovic

Lajovic was sharp when converting 80% of the break points that he procured (4/5).

Krajinovic

On the other side, Krajinovic was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Lajovic and Krajinovic is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Dusan Lajovic vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats

Lajovic will fight against Dimitrov in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Dusan Lajovic and Grigor Dimitrov face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Lajovic and Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Lajovic won 6-4 2-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Beijing back in 2018.

Live score progression and stats

Lajovic in this set didn’t concede much to Filip and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Filip in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Lajovic was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, Dusan didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 42 points. Dusan conquered the set after winning 14 points more than Filip (28-14). Lajovic surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). In addition, on the other side, Krajinovic conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).

Lajovic won the set after he broke Filip in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. Filip tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Anyhow, Dusan didn’t make any concession anymore to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.

A defining moment of this set was when Lajovic won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the game count from 0-1 to 4-1. However also Krajinovic won 4 consecutive games from 1-4 to 5-4

Tiebreak

Dusan won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 8th (6-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Krajinovic won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 10th (4-6) point.

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

Dusan converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40). In addition on the other side, Krajinovic converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (1-4 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (3-4 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40).

They contested 101 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Dusan won only 1 point more than Krajinovic (51-50). Dusan lost 27 points on serve (33-27). on the other side of the court, Filip conceded 18 points on serve (23-18).

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