Grigor Dimitrov wins against Arthur Rinderknech 6-3 7-6(3) in the quarter in Marseille on Friday. Dimitrov will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Karen Khachanov in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Grigor added to his prize money € 15,880 after winning this match. He has already won € 37,765 so far in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Grigor will add € 26,475 to his earnings to get in total € 64,240.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Arthur Rinderknech Open 13 Provence – Marseille
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:26
At the end of the match, Grigor scored 65 points vs. Rinderknech’s 50.
Dimitrov
The Bulgarian served very well to win 95% of the points (35/37) behind his first serve, and he won 70% points (14/20) on his second serve. The Bulgarian struck 10 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Grigor won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.
Rinderknech
On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Rinderknech is 2-0 for Grigor.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Dimitrov will square off with Khachanov in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Grigor Dimitrov and Karen Khachanov face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Dimitrov snatched in the 4th game (3-1) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Grigor converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Bulgarian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. The Bulgarian conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Arthur (28-21). The Bulgarian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Arthur conceded 8 points on serve (18-8).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, the Bulgarian won the tiebreak at 7-3.
Tiebreak
The Bulgarian won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point.
Dimitrov won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
Grigor was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Dimitrov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 66 points. Dimitrov conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Arthur (36-30). Dimitrov dropped 5 points on serve (28-5). on the other side of the net, Rinderknech conceded 8 points on serve (25-8).
Tennis Scores in Marseille
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-0) – H2H details and stats
