Grigor Dimitrov conquers Ben Shelton 6-1 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Tuesday. Dimitrov will face Jiri Lehecka in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2018 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Dimitrov added to his prize money € 18,600 after winning this match. He has already won € 41,700 after this win. If he wins the next match, Grigor will add € 36,060 to his earnings to get in total € 77,760 in total.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Ben Shelton Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Bulgarian scored 101 points vs. the American’s 81.
Dimitrov
Grigor served very well to win 80% of the points (37/46) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (17/28) on his second serve. The Bulgarian fired 10 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Grigor won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 17% (3/18) of the procured opportunities.
Shelton
On the other side, Shelton was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Shelton is 1-0 for Grigor.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jiri Lehecka – stats
Dimitrov will come up against Lehecka in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Jiri Lehecka face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Dimitrov and Lehecka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Grigor was too good to concede just 1 game before breaking the American 2 times and conquer the set 6-1.
Ben was completely knocked out in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Bulgarian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Bulgarian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 47 points. Dimitrov was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Ben (28-19). The Bulgarian conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the American grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Dimitrov had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Shelton was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 40-A). On the other side, Grigor was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 70 points. It’s worth to point out that, Ben won this set even if he scored less points 4 than the Bulgarian (33-37). Ben surrendered 18 points on serve (26-18). on the other side of the court, Dimitrov conceded 7 points on serve (19-7).
Similarly to the 2nd set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Bulgarian grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
Dimitrov converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Shelton wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (1-3 40-A).
They played 65 points. Grigor conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the American (36-29). Dimitrov lost 8 points on serve (19-8). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).
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