Remarkable Grigor Dimitrov grounds Skatov in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Ruusuvuori – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Dimitrov soars past Skatov to square off with Emil Ruusuvuori in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Timofey Skatov

Grigor Dimitrov routs Timofey Skatov 6-0 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Paris on Tuesday after playing an extraordinary match to come up against Emil Ruusuvuori in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the 4th round in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Dimitrov
Paris
Dimitrov's Record

The Bulgarian added to his prize money € 28,000 after winning this match. He has already won € 97,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Bulgarian will add € 45,000 to his earnings to get in total € 142,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Dimitrov
Skatov
Grigor Dimitrov
6-0 6-3 6-2
1h:54
Timofey Skatov
95
95
Total points
62
62
42
42
Winners
28
28
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
28
28
Unforced
38
38
42%
42%
Ratio Unforced
58%
58%
7/8
7/8
Net Approaches
6/13
6/13
88%
88%
Perc
46%
46%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
64%
64%
1st in
76%
76%
78%
78%
1st won
51%
51%
42/54
42/54
1st won
28/55
28/55
42%
42%
2nd won
24%
24%
13/31
13/31
2nd won
4/17
4/17
-- Break Points --
7/10
7/10
Total
1/5
1/5
70%
70%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, the Bulgarian scored 95 points vs. Skatov’s 62.

Dimitrov

Grigor served very well to win 78% of the points (42/54) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 42% points (13/31) on his second serve. Grigor struck 10 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Dimitrov was effective at converting 70% of the break points that he conquered (7/10).

Skatov

On the other side, Timofey was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Skatov is 1-0 for Grigor.

Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Emil Ruusuvuori – stats

Dimitrov will take on Ruusuvuori in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Grigor Dimitrov and Emil Ruusuvuori since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Grigor Dimitrov Draw info

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1st Set -
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This set was completely one-sided because the Bulgarian conceded no games to the Kazakhstani before winning the set 6-0.

The Bulgarian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40). On the other side, Skatov wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (0-4 30-40).

They contested 38 points. Grigor was the winner of the set after clinching 14 points more than Skatov (26-12). The Bulgarian conceded 7 points on serve (13-7). On the other side, Timofey conceded 13 points on serve (5-13).

2nd Set -
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Dimitrov was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Timofey Skatov in the 1st game (1-0). However, the Bulgarian succeeded in coming back to break the Kazakhstani in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

The Kazakhstani lost the 2nd game (1-1) when he was serving and leading 40-0. A crucial moment of this set was when Grigor won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 0-1 to 4-1.

Grigor converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Kazakhstani converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 53 points. The Bulgarian was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than the Kazakhstani (32-21). Dimitrov surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). In addition, on the other side, Timofey conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).

3rd Set -
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Dimitrov in this set was in much better shape than Timofey and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Skatov in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

The Kazakhstani lost the 5th game (3-2) when he was serving and leading 40-0. The Kazakhstani couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.

The Bulgarian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, the Kazakhstani was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 40-A and 40-A).

They played 66 points. Dimitrov won 8 points more than Skatov (37-29). Dimitrov dropped 16 points on serve (24-16). On the losing side, Skatov conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).

1st
Dimitrov
Skatov
6-0
6
0
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Dimitrov
Skatov
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
3rd
Dimitrov
Skatov
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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