Grigor Dimitrov topples Cameron Norrie 6-7(2) 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in London on Monday. The match lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes. The Bulgarian won this tournament once in 2014. Here you can see his history at this event.
Dimitrov added to his prize money € 14,565 after conquering this match. He has won already € 31,215 after this win. If he wins the next match, Dimitrov will add € 27,270 to his earnings to get in total € 58,485 in total.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Cameron Norrie cinch Championships – London
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Grigor scored 95 points vs. the Brit’s 81.
Dimitrov
The Bulgarian served pretty well to win 78% of the points (51/65) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (13/20) on his second serve. Grigor struck 18 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Grigor won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Norrie
On the other side, Cameron wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Norrie is 1-2 for Cameron.
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Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Norrie had no problems to win the tiebreak 7-2.
Tiebreak
Cameron won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Dimitrov won a minibreak in the 5th (2-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. In addition on the other side, Norrie didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 69 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Cameron won just 3 more points than Dimitrov (36-33). Cameron lost 8 points on serve (28-8). In addition, on the other side, Grigor conceded 8 points on serve (25-8).
Dimitrov had a strong start of this set after breaking Cameron Norrie in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Grigor extended his lead after breaking Norrie in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
One of the most important stints of the set was when the Bulgarian won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.
The Bulgarian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, the Bulgarian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 39 points. Dimitrov was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Norrie (25-14). The Bulgarian conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). On the other side, Norrie conceded 9 points on serve (9-9).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Grigor snatched in the 5th game (3-2) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
The Bulgarian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, the Brit was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 68 points. The Bulgarian conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Cameron (37-31). Dimitrov surrendered 8 points on serve (23-8). In addition, on the other side, Norrie conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).
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