Grigor Dimitrov topples Nishioka in the 2nd round to battle vs Atmane at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Dimitrov dispatches Nishioka to compete against Terence Atmane in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

Grigor Dimitrov wins against Yoshihito Nishioka 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Rome on Friday. Dimitrov will try to keep the momentum against Terence Atmane in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2014. Here you can see his history at this event.

Dimitrov
Rome
Dimitrov's Record

The Bulgarian added to his prize money € 21,410 after winning this match. He has already won € 51,665 after this win. If he wins the next match, Dimitrov will add € 36,775 to his earnings to get in total € 88,440 in total.

Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Yoshihito Nishioka Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Dimitrov
Nishioka
Grigor Dimitrov
7-5 6-4
1h:37
Yoshihito Nishioka
68
68
Total points
52
52
23
23
Winners
25
25
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
3
3
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
47%
47%
1st in
54%
54%
92%
92%
1st won
69%
69%
23/25
23/25
1st won
25/36
25/36
75%
75%
2nd won
58%
58%
21/28
21/28
2nd won
18/31
18/31
-- Break Points --
2/3
2/3
Total
0/0
0/0
67%
67%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Dimitrov scored 68 points vs. Nishioka’s 52.

Dimitrov

Dimitrov served extremely well to win 92% of the points (23/25) behind his first serve, and he won 75% points (21/28) on his second serve. The Bulgarian blasted 11 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Dimitrov was effective when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (2/3).

Nishioka

On the other side, the Japanese wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Nishioka is 3-0 for Grigor.

Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Terence Atmane – stats

Dimitrov will fight against Atmane in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Grigor Dimitrov and Terence Atmane since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Grigor Dimitrov Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Dimitrov 7-5
DimitrovNishioka
7
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
DimitrovNishioka
7
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
DimitrovNishioka
6
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
DimitrovNishioka
5
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
DimitrovNishioka
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
DimitrovNishioka
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
DimitrovNishioka
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
DimitrovNishioka
3
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
DimitrovNishioka
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
DimitrovNishioka
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
DimitrovNishioka
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
DimitrovNishioka
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
DimitrovNishioka
1
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Grigor grabbed in the 12th game (7-5) just before ultimately conquering the set (7-5).

Grigor failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 30.

Grigor was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). On the other side, Dimitrov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 73 points. Grigor conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Yoshihito (41-32). Grigor surrendered 8 points on serve (28-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Yoshihito conceded 13 points on serve (24-13).

2nd Set -
Dimitrov 6-4
DimitrovNishioka
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
DimitrovNishioka
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
DimitrovNishioka
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
DimitrovNishioka
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
DimitrovNishioka
3
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
DimitrovNishioka
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
DimitrovNishioka
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
DimitrovNishioka
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
DimitrovNishioka
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Bulgarian conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

Dimitrov was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, Grigor didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 47 points. Grigor won 7 points more than Nishioka (27-20). The Bulgarian was unchallenged on serve to drop barely 1 point during his serving games (16-1). Regarding the other side of the net, Nishioka conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).

1st
Dimitrov
Nishioka
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Dimitrov
Nishioka
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Rome

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  • Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-4)
  • Nuno BorgesBorges – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 6-4)
  • Luciano DarderiDarderi – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-3 6-2)
  • Terence AtmaneAtmane – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (7-5 1-0 ret.)
  • Ben SheltonShelton – Pavel KotovKotov (4-6 6-3 6-4)
  • Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-1 6-3)
  • Alexander ZverevZverev – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-0 6-4)

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