Grigor Dimitrov prevails over Sebastian Korda 6-1 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Marseille on Thursday. Dimitrov will clash against Arthur Rinderknech in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes. This run will match his best result in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
Dimitrov added to his prize money € 9,180 after winning this match. He has already won € 21,885 after this win. If he wins the next match, Dimitrov will add € 15,880 to his earnings to get in total € 37,765 in total.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Sebastian Korda Open 13 Provence – Marseille
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Grigor scored 69 points vs. Sebastian’s 49.
Dimitrov
The Bulgarian served extremely well to win 81% of the points (29/36) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (16/24) on his second serve. Dimitrov didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).
Korda
On the other side, Korda was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Dimitrov and Korda is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Arthur Rinderknech – stats
Dimitrov will face Rinderknech in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Arthur Rinderknech face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Dimitrov was too strong to concede just 1 game before breaking Sebastian 2 times and win the set 6-1.
Korda was completely knocked out in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Grigor converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (4-1 0-40) and the 8th game (6-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).
They played 51 points. The Bulgarian won 19 more points than Sebastian (35-16). Dimitrov dropped 6 points on serve (19-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Korda conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).
Dimitrov started the set in the best possible way after breaking Sebastian Korda in the 2nd game (2-0). That was sufficient for the American to win the set (7-6) since there were no other breaks.
Tiebreak
The Bulgarian won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 9th (4-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Sebastian won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3) and 7th (4-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Dimitrov saved 2 set points when he was 3-5 and 4-5 down. On the other side, Sebastian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 67 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Dimitrov won barely 1 point more than Sebastian (34-33). The Bulgarian surrendered 9 points on serve (27-9). On the other side, Sebastian conceded 7 points on serve (24-7).
Tennis Scores in Marseille
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-1 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (7-5 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Hugo GastonGaston (2-6 6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-2) – H2H details and stats