Grigor Dimitrov bests Wawrinka in the 2nd round to play vs Djokovic. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Dimitrov beats Wawrinka to play Novak Djokovic in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Stan Wawrinka

Grigor Dimitrov defeats Stan Wawrinka 6-4 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in Rome on Friday. Dimitrov will fight against Novak Djokovic in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2014. Here you can see his history at this event.

Dimitrov
Rome
Dimitrov's Record

Grigor added to his prize money € 21,790 after winning this match. He has already won € 48,835 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Bulgarian will add € 36,065 to his earnings to get in total € 84,900 in total.

Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Stan Wawrinka Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Dimitrov
Wawrinka
Grigor Dimitrov
6-4 7-63
1h:37
Stan Wawrinka
78
78
Total points
64
64
35
35
Winners
33
33
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
4
4
Double Faults
0
0
61%
61%
1st in
63%
63%
88%
88%
1st won
69%
69%
35/40
35/40
1st won
33/48
33/48
58%
58%
2nd won
54%
54%
15/26
15/26
2nd won
15/28
15/28
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
Total
1/2
1/2
29%
29%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Dimitrov scored 78 points vs. Wawrinka’s 64.

Dimitrov

Dimitrov served extremely well to win 88% of the points (35/40) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (15/26) on his second serve. Grigor won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.

Wawrinka

On the other side, Wawrinka was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Wawrinka is 6-7 for Stan.

Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Novak Djokovic – stats

Dimitrov will come up against Djokovic in the 3rd round.

This will be the 12th time that Grigor Dimitrov and Novak Djokovic fight against each other. The head to head is 10-1 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Djokovic won 7-67 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round in Melbourne back in January 2023.

Grigor Dimitrov Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Dimitrov HTML
DimitrovWawrinka
HTML
D
0
0
W
0
0

Dimitrov conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Stan Wawrinka in the 1st game (1-0). That was enough for Dimitrov to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.

The Bulgarian wasted a good opportunity to break Stan in the 7th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

The Bulgarian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 7th (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40). On the other side, the Bulgarian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 65 points. Grigor conquered the set after winning 11 more points than the Swiss (38-27). The Bulgarian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). On the losing side, Wawrinka conceded 18 points on serve (23-18).

2nd Set -
Dimitrov Not
Not
0
0
0
0

Dimitrov had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Stan Wawrinka in the 2nd game (2-0). That was decisive for the Swiss to win the set (7-6) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Tiebreak

Dimitrov won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1) and 10th (7-3) point.

The Bulgarian won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

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

Dimitrov was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Stan converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40).

They played 77 points. This set was a huge battle since finally the Bulgarian won only 1 point more than the Swiss (39-38). Dimitrov surrendered 12 points on serve (29-12). On the losing side, Wawrinka conceded 10 points on serve (26-10).

1st
Dimitrov
Wawrinka
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Dimitrov
Wawrinka
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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