Alejandro Davidovich Fokina victorious over Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 6-7(2) 6-3 in the semifinal in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Saturday. Davidovich Fokina will have to play Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 44 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the quarter in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Spaniard added to his prize money € 206,980 after conquering this match. He has won already € 456,720 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alejandro will add € 379,615 to his earnings to get in total € 836,335 in total.
Highlights Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Grigor Dimitrov Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:44
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 103 points vs. the Bulgarian’s 99.
Davidovich Fokina
Davidovich Fokina was pretty effective at converting 83% of the break points that he conquered (5/6).
Dimitrov
On the other side, the Bulgarian was struggling when converting his break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Davidovich Fokina and Dimitrov is 2-0 for Alejandro.
Draw and next match H2H: Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Davidovich Fokina will take on Tsitsipas in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Stefanos Tsitsipas square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Tsitsipas won 7-5 6-71 6-4 in the 1st round in Rotterdam back in February 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Davidovich Fokina clinched in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to finally conquering the set (6-4).
The Spaniard was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 57 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally the Spaniard won only 1 point more than Dimitrov (29-28). Davidovich Fokina conceded 10 points on serve (21-10). On the other side, Dimitrov conceded 8 points on serve (18-8).
Davidovich Fokina conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Bulgarian to win the set because the Spaniard managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game. The Bulgarian maintained his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 2.
Nevertheless also the Spaniard won 4 consecutive games from 0-2 to 4-2
Tiebreak
The Bulgarian won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the Spaniard won a minibreak in the 4th (2-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Grigor was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 9th game (4-5 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Alejandro was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (0-2 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 77 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Bulgarian won just 3 more points than the Spaniard (40-37). Dimitrov dropped 17 points on serve (27-17). On the other side, Alejandro conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).
Davidovich Fokina had a strong start of this set after breaking Grigor Dimitrov in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, Alejandro managed to stage a great comeback to break Grigor in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
There was an important spell in this set when Alejandro won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to bring the score from 0-2 to 5-2.
Alejandro was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Dimitrov converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had his opportunities in the 0th (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-1 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 68 points. Davidovich Fokina was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Grigor (37-31). Alejandro surrendered 21 points on serve (28-21). Regarding the other side of the net, the Bulgarian conceded 9 points on serve (10-9).
Tennis Scores in Monte Carlo Rolex Masters
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-4 6-72 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-2) – H2H details and stats
