Alexander Zverev bests Grigor Dimitrov 6-7(2) 7-6(8) 6-1 6-1 in the 3rd round in New York on Saturday. Zverev will face Jannik Sinner in the 4th round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 42 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the final in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
The German added to his prize money $ 93,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 284,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alexander will add $ 171,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 455,000 in total.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Grigor Dimitrov U.S. Open – New York
Zverev’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
6-1
3h:42
At the end of the match, Zverev scored 140 points vs. Grigor’s 116.
Zverev
Alexander struck 15 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Zverev won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 44% (7/16) of the procured opportunities.
Dimitrov
On the other side, Grigor was struggling when converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Dimitrov is 6-1 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
Zverev will play Sinner in the 4th round.
This will be the 5th time that Alexander Zverev and Jannik Sinner face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Alexander had an good ride in the last 2 sets to drop 2 games after winning 66 points vs. Sinner’s 26 points.
Live score progression and stats
Dimitrov won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Bulgarian broke back in the 4th (2-2) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-2.
Tiebreak
Dimitrov won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (5-1) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, Alexander won a minibreak in the 8th (2-6) point.
The Bulgarian won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
Grigor was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (1-2 30-40). Also, on the other side, the German was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd game (1-1 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 79 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Bulgarian won just 3 points more than Alexander (41-38). Dimitrov conceded 12 points on serve (26-12). On the losing side, the German conceded 15 points on serve (26-15).
The German clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Zverev broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 10-8.
Tiebreak
The German won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, Dimitrov won a minibreak in the 5th (3-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
The German converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 30-40). Alexander saved 2 set points when he was 5-6 and 7-8 down. Moreover, on the other side, Dimitrov converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They contested 85 points. It’s worth to point out that, Zverev won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Grigor (42-43). Zverev surrendered 12 points on serve (32-12). on the other side of the net, Grigor conceded 10 points on serve (31-10).
Zverev had a great start in this set after breaking Grigor Dimitrov in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Zverev managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Grigor in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
An important stage of this set was when Alexander won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
The German converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Zverev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 37 points. Zverev was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Grigor (25-12). Zverev was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Dimitrov conceded 13 points on serve (9-13).
Zverev was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The German managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Bulgarian in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Zverev converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40). On the other side, the Bulgarian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They contested 55 points. Alexander was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than Grigor (35-20). Zverev surrendered 6 points on serve (17-6). On the other side, Grigor conceded 18 points on serve (14-18).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-72 7-68 6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-3 2-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-1 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Daniel EvansEvans (6-2 6-3 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (3-6 6-3 6-1 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Michael MmohMmoh (6-4 6-2 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-4 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (4-6 6-2 6-3 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Laslo DjereDjere (4-6 4-6 6-1 6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-1 6-0 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-4 3-6 6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Dominic StrickerStricker – Benjamin BonziBonzi (2-6 7-5 7-64 3-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Jakub MensikMensik (6-1 6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Jannik SinnerSinner (3-1) – H2H details and stats
- Tommy PaulPaul – (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Borna GojoGojo – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jack DraperDraper – Andrey RublevRublev (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
