Grigor Dimitrov survives Hubert Hurkacz 3-6 6-3 7-6(3) in the 4th round in Miami on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Dimitrov will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 4th round in 2012 and 2016. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Grigor added to his prize money $ 84,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 185,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Bulgarian will add $ 140,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Hubert Hurkacz Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Grigor scored 109 points vs. Hubert’s 105.
Dimitrov
Dimitrov won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 20% (1/5) of the procured opportunities.
Hurkacz
On the other side, Hurkacz was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Hurkacz is 5-0 for Grigor.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Carlos Alcaraz – stats
Dimitrov will take on Alcaraz in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Grigor Dimitrov and Carlos Alcaraz square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), but Dimitrov has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Hurkacz clinched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Dimitrov was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The Pole was on the money in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). On the other side, Hubert didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 74 points. Hurkacz was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than the Bulgarian (40-34). Hubert dropped 12 points on serve (26-12). On the losing side, Grigor conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Grigor snatched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
Dimitrov converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Hurkacz 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 5th game (2-2 30-40).
They played 61 points. The contest during this set was so even that the Bulgarian won just 1 point more than Hurkacz (31-30). The Bulgarian dropped 8 points on serve (18-8). On the losing side, Hubert conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, the Bulgarian won the breaker at 7-3.
Tiebreak
Dimitrov won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Hubert won a minibreak in the 3rd (1-2) point.
Grigor won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
The Bulgarian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Pole wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-2 40-A).
They contested 79 points. The Bulgarian was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Hurkacz (44-35). Grigor surrendered 11 points on serve (30-11). On the losing side, Hurkacz conceded 14 points on serve (24-14).
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