Grigor Dimitrov downs Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4 6-3 in the 3rd round in Washington on Thursday. Dimitrov will face Ugo Humbert or Yusuke Watanuki in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2013. Here you can see his history at this event.
Dimitrov added to his prize money $ 24,150 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 51,055 after this win. If he wins the next match, Grigor will add $ 46,730 to his earnings to get in total $ 97,785 in total.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Emil Ruusuvuori Citi Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:46
At the end of the match, Dimitrov scored 74 points vs. Ruusuvuori’s 62.
Dimitrov
The Bulgarian served pretty well to win 79% of the points (27/34) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (16/29) on his second serve. The Bulgarian won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Ruusuvuori
On the other side, the Finn had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Ruusuvuori is 3-0 for Grigor.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Ugo Humbert or Yusuke Watanuki – stats
Dimitrov will come up against either Ugo Humbert or Yusuke Watanuki in the 4th round. The head to head is 2-0 vs. Ugo Humbert and 0-0 vs. Yusuke Watanuki.
Live score progression and stats
Grigor won the set after he broke the Finn in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Emil tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Anyhow, Dimitrov refused to give way to conquer the set 6-4.
Dimitrov failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.
The Bulgarian converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Emil converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 80 points. Grigor won 4 points more than Ruusuvuori (42-38). Dimitrov dropped 16 points on serve (27-16). In addition, on the other side, Emil conceded 15 points on serve (22-15).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Dimitrov grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
Dimitrov converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, Dimitrov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 56 points. The Bulgarian conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the Finn (32-24). The Bulgarian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). Regarding the other side of the net, the Finn conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Michael MmohMmoh (6-4 7-65) – Stats and score progression
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