Grigor Dimitrov thumps Christopher O Connell 6-4 6-1 in the quarter in Chengdu on Sunday after playing a superlative match to come up against Alexander Zverev in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. This run will match his best result in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.
Grigor added to his prize money $ 25,290 after winning this match. He has already won $ 60,130 until now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, the Bulgarian will add $ 42,155 to his earnings to get in total $ 102,285.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Christopher O Connell Chengdu Open – Chengdu
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:24
At the end of the match, Grigor scored 66 points vs. the Australian’s 48.
Dimitrov
Dimitrov served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (21/27) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (17/25) on his second serve. Grigor won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
O Connell
On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and O Connell is 3-0 for Grigor.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Alexander Zverev – stats
Dimitrov will compete against Zverev in the semifinal.
This will be the 8th time that Grigor Dimitrov and Alexander Zverev clash against each other. The head to head is 6-1 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Zverev won 6-72 7-68 6-1 6-1 in the 3rd round in New York back in September 2023.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Grigor conquered in the 10th game (6-4) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).
Dimitrov failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
The Bulgarian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Christopher was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 11th game (3-6 30-40).
They played 77 points. The Bulgarian won 7 points more than O Connell (42-35). Grigor lost 11 points on serve (26-11). on the other side of the court, Christopher conceded 16 points on serve (24-16).
Dimitrov enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Christopher O Connell in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Grigor extended his lead after breaking Christopher in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
The Bulgarian missed the opportunity to break Christopher in the 4th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Grigor converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Grigor didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 37 points. The Bulgarian won 11 points more than O Connell (24-13). Dimitrov was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
Tennis Scores in Chengdu
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-61 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (5-7 7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-1) – H2H details and stats
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H details and stats
