Grigor Dimitrov victorious over Ruusuvuori in the 2nd round to battle vs Altmaier at the French Open – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Dimitrov aces Ruusuvuori to take on Daniel Altmaier in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Emil Ruusuvuori

Grigor Dimitrov topples Emil Ruusuvuori 7-6(4) 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Paris on Thursday. Dimitrov is going to play against Daniel Altmaier in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 49 minutes. His most significant 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

Dimitrov added to his prize money € 45,000 after winning this match. He has already won € 142,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Bulgarian will add € 98,000 to his earnings to get in total € 240,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Dimitrov
Ruusuvuori
Grigor Dimitrov
7-64 6-3 6-4
2h:49
Emil Ruusuvuori
114
114
Total points
98
98
39
39
Winners
37
37
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
38%
38%
35
35
Unforced
44
44
44%
44%
Ratio Unforced
56%
56%
7/14
7/14
Net Approaches
17/22
17/22
50%
50%
Perc
77%
77%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
53%
53%
1st in
57%
57%
68%
68%
1st won
62%
62%
39/57
39/57
1st won
37/60
37/60
56%
56%
2nd won
47%
47%
28/50
28/50
2nd won
21/45
21/45
-- Break Points --
6/15
6/15
Total
4/9
4/9
40%
40%
Won
44%
44%
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At the end of the match, Dimitrov scored 114 points vs. Ruusuvuori’s 98.

Dimitrov

The Bulgarian won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 40% (6/15) of the procured opportunities.

Ruusuvuori

On the other side, Emil was not so effective in converting his break points (only 44% – 4/9). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Daniel Altmaier – stats

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

This will be the 2nd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Daniel Altmaier play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

Grigor Dimitrov Draw info

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1st Set -
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Dimitrov started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Emil Ruusuvuori in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Dimitrov to win the set since the Finn found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Dimitrov kept his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 4.

Tiebreak

The Bulgarian won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (2-2), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Finn won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1) and 10th (4-6) point.

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

Grigor converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, Emil was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 40-A) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40).

They played 81 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Bulgarian won this set even if he scored less points 3 than the Finn (39-42). Dimitrov conceded 20 points on serve (24-20). In addition, on the other side, Ruusuvuori conceded 15 points on serve (22-15).

2nd Set -
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Dimitrov had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Emil Ruusuvuori in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the Bulgarian managed to stage a great comeback to break Ruusuvuori in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

A defining moment of this set was when Dimitrov won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 0-1 to 4-1.

Grigor converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Ruusuvuori converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 65 points. Grigor conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Ruusuvuori (37-28). Grigor conceded 15 points on serve (23-15). On the other side, Emil conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).

3rd Set -
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Dimitrov won the set after he broke Ruusuvuori in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. The Finn tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nevertheless, Dimitrov didn’t blink to win the set 6-4.

Dimitrov converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Emil converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 66 points. Grigor conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the Finn (37-29). Dimitrov dropped 6 points on serve (19-6). on the other side of the court, Ruusuvuori conceded 18 points on serve (23-18).

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

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