Determined Grigor Dimitrov survives Molcan in the 1st round to play vs Murray at the U.S. Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – U.S. OPEN RESULTS

U.S. OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Dimitrov survives Molcan to take on Andy Murray in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Alex Molcan

Grigor Dimitrov outlasts Alex Molcan 6-7(9) 6-7(5) 6-1 7-5 7-6(9) in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday after winning a huge battle. Dimitrov will engage against Andy Murray in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 4 hours and 38 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

Dimitrov
New York
Dimitrov's Record

Grigor added to his prize money $ 41,500 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 123,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Grigor will add $ 68,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 191,000 in total.

Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Alex Molcan U.S. Open – New York

Dimitrov’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Dimitrov
Molcan
Grigor Dimitrov
6-79 6-75 6-1
7-5 7-69
4h:38
Alex Molcan
191
191
Total points
175
175
87
87
Winners
75
75
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
63
63
Unforced
45
45
58%
58%
Ratio Unforced
42%
42%
35/55
35/55
Net Approaches
26/44
26/44
64%
64%
Perc
59%
59%
-- Serve --
20
20
Aces
8
8
8
8
Double Faults
9
9
61%
61%
1st in
58%
58%
78%
78%
1st won
71%
71%
87/112
87/112
1st won
75/106
75/106
57%
57%
2nd won
58%
58%
41/72
41/72
2nd won
44/76
44/76
215
215
Fastest serve
199
199
193
193
AVG 1st Serve
169
169
149
149
AVG 2nd Serve
145
145
-- Break Points --
5/14
5/14
Total
2/7
2/7
36%
36%
Won
29%
29%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Dimitrov scored 191 points vs. Alex’s 175.

Dimitrov

Dimitrov served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (87/112) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (41/72) on his second serve. Grigor fired 20 aces and he committed 8 double faults. Grigor won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.

Molcan

On the other side, the Slovakian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Andy Murray – stats

Dimitrov will play Murray in the 2nd round.

This will be the 12th time that Grigor Dimitrov and Andy Murray square off. The head to head is 8-3 for Murray (see full H2H stats), 6-2 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Murray won 7-63 6-3 in the 3rd round in Miami back in 2013.

Grigor Dimitrov Draw info

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

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