Alexander Zverev rolls over Grigor Dimitrov 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Cincinnati on Tuesday after playing a great match to play Yoshihito Nishioka in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes. The German won this tournament once in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The German added to his prize money $ 21,240 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 47,620 after this win. If he wins the next match, Zverev will add $ 41,185 to his earnings to get in total $ 88,805 in total.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Grigor Dimitrov Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the German scored 61 points vs. the Bulgarian’s 42.
Zverev
Zverev was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).
Dimitrov
On the other side, Dimitrov wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Dimitrov is 5-1 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Yoshihito Nishioka – stats
Zverev will fight against Nishioka in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Zverev and Yoshihito Nishioka face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Alexander in this set was too strong for Dimitrov and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Dimitrov in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Grigor was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Alexander converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, the German didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 57 points. The German was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Dimitrov (32-25). Zverev conceded 7 points on serve (17-7). In addition, on the other side, Dimitrov conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).
Alexander in this set was much more effective than Grigor and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Dimitrov in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A defining moment of this set was when Zverev won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 1-1 to 5-1.
The German converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Dimitrov was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 46 points. Zverev was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Grigor (29-17). Zverev conceded 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the court, Grigor conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
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