Grigor Dimitrov aces Alexander Zverev 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4 in the semifinal in Miami on Friday. Dimitrov will engage against Jannik Sinner in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 4th round in 2012 and 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Bulgarian added to his prize money $ 260,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 585,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Dimitrov will add $ 515,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,100,000 in total.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Alexander Zverev Miami Open – Miami
Dimitrov’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Dimitrov scored 99 points vs. Zverev’s 89.
Dimitrov
Grigor served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (51/65) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (20/31) on his second serve. Grigor struck 18 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Dimitrov was remarkable in converting all the break points (2/2).
Zverev
On the other side, Alexander wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Dimitrov and Zverev is 2-7 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
Dimitrov will fight against Sinner in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Grigor Dimitrov and Jannik Sinner clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 2-0 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 Dimitrov grabbed in the 10th game (6-4) before finally conquering the set (6-4).
Grigor failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Dimitrov was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Alexander wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 40-A).
They contested 59 points. The Bulgarian won 9 points more than Zverev (34-25). The Bulgarian lost 7 points on serve (27-7). On the losing side, Zverev conceded 7 points on serve (18-7).
The German won the set after he broke the Bulgarian .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Moreover, on the other side, Zverev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 84 points. Zverev won 10 points more than the Bulgarian (47-37). Zverev conceded 15 points on serve (37-15). On the losing side, the Bulgarian conceded 10 points on serve (22-10).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Dimitrov snatched in the 7th game (4-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Grigor was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-3 15-40). On the other side, Alexander wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (2-1 30-40).
They contested 45 points. Dimitrov was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than the German (28-17). Dimitrov was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (21-4). In addition, on the other side, Zverev conceded 7 points on serve (13-7).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-4 6-74 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-2) – H2H details and stats