Grigor Dimitrov bests Holger Rune 7-6(5) 6-4 in the final in Brisbane on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 16 minutes. This is the second timet that Grigor wins the tournament. The last time he won an ATP title was 7 years ago. Here you can see when his history at this event.
The Bulgarian added $ 39,675 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 95,340 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Holger Rune Brisbane International – Brisbane
Dimitrov’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Dimitrov scored 88 points vs. Holger’s 81.
Dimitrov
Grigor served very well to win 77% of the points (40/52) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (13/22) on his second serve. The Bulgarian won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 11% (1/9) of the procured opportunities.
Rune
On the other side, Holger wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Dimitrov and Rune is 2-1
for Grigor.This was the 9th career title for Grigor. (see list of titles and finals). Holger remains with 4th titles after he conquered the tournament in Munich 2022, in Stockholm 2022, in Paris 2022 and in Munich 2023. (see list of titles and finals)
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Dimitrov won the set after he broke the Dane .
Grigor was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-2 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Holger was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st
(0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A).They played 96 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Bulgarian won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the Dane (47-49). The Bulgarian lost 13 points on serve (27-13). On the other side, Rune conceded 20 points on serve (36-20).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Bulgarian snatched in the 7th game (4-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).
Grigor converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Grigor didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 73 points. The Bulgarian conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the Dane (41-32). Grigor dropped 7 points on serve (21-7). On the losing side, Holger conceded 20 points on serve (25-20).
Grigor Dimitrov in Brisbane |
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