Grigor Dimitrov advances to the Wimbledon s2nd week after a huge battle against Alexandr Dolgopolov.
The Ukrainian was at his very best to lead the match from 2-1 sets up against a good Dimitrov. Thinks got very edgy in the fourth set when Grigor looked unable to break his opponent. Finally Dolgo conceded a decisive break in the 9th game (5-4) after Dimitrov passed him with a weird defensive backhand.
From that moment on the Ukrainian went south. Dimitrov won the 4th set and in the 5th he cruised leaving just 1 game to Dolgopolov. The final score was 6-7 (3) 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-1.
Some numbers
Grigor scored 151 vs. Alexandr’s 141. The Bulgarian fired 14 aces (6 double faults). Probably the most important number is the break point conversion. Dolgopolov converted just 2 break points out of 12 (17%) while Grigor converted 5 out of 12 (42%). Match Stats
Next vs. Mayer
Grigor will play Leonardo Mayer in the next round for the first time. The Bulgarian is the super favorite to reach the quarters.