Grigor Dimitrov outlasts Karen Khachanov 6-7(3) 6-4 7-6(5) in the semifinal in Marseille on Saturday after winning a huge battle. Dimitrov will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Ugo Humbert in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 57 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Dimitrov added to his prize money € 26,475 after winning this match. He has already won € 64,240 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Bulgarian will add € 45,875 to his earnings to get in total € 110,115 in total.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Karen Khachanov Open 13 Provence – Marseille
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:57
At the end of the match, the Bulgarian scored 125 points vs. Karen’s 112.
Dimitrov
The Bulgarian served exceptionally well to win 82% of the points (60/73) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 47% points (21/45) on his second serve. The Bulgarian blasted 19 aces and he committed 7 double faults. The Bulgarian won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Khachanov
On the other side, Karen had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Dimitrov and Khachanov is 4-0 for Grigor.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Ugo Humbert – stats
Dimitrov will square off with Humbert in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Ugo Humbert play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Dimitrov commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Karen Khachanov in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that was not enough for Khachanov to win the set as the Bulgarian found the way to break back in the 10th (5-5) game.
Khachanov was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Grigor was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-2 40-A), the 10th (4-5 0-40 and 15-40) and the 14th game (5-7 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 99 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Russian won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Dimitrov (48-51). Karen surrendered 24 points on serve (33-24). On the losing side, Grigor conceded 15 points on serve (27-15).
Dimitrov had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Karen Khachanov in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, Grigor managed to stage a good comeback to break Khachanov in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
Dimitrov converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Russian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 6th (2-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A).
They contested 69 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Dimitrov won just 3 points more than Khachanov (36-33). The Bulgarian lost 13 points on serve (23-13). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Dimitrov won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
The Bulgarian won 3 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Karen won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2) and 11th (5-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Furthermore, on the other side, the Bulgarian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 69 points. Dimitrov was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than the Russian (38-31). Grigor surrendered 8 points on serve (28-8). on the other side of the court, Khachanov conceded 10 points on serve (23-10).
Tennis Scores in Marseille
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-73 6-4 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-2) – H2H details and stats
