Jannik Sinner victorious over Grigor Dimitrov 6-2 6-4 7-6(3) in the quarter in Paris on Tuesday. Sinner will face Carlos Alcaraz or Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinal. The match lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event. After the retirement of Novak Djokovic from the French Open, the Italian player is also certain to become the new worldno. 1 next Monday.
Sinner added to his prize money € 235,000 after winning this match. He has already won € 650,000 till now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Jannik will add € 550,000 to his earnings to get in total € 1,200,000.
Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Grigor Dimitrov French Open – Paris
Sinner’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:29
At the end of the match, Sinner scored 110 points vs. Grigor’s 85.
Sinner
The Italian served very well to win 81% of the points (43/53) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (23/36) on his second serve. Sinner won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Dimitrov
On the other side, the Bulgarian was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Sinner and Dimitrov is 4-1 for Jannik.
Draw and next match H2H: Jannik Sinner vs. Carlos Alcaraz or Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Sinner will fight against either Carlos Alcaraz or Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinal. The head to head is 4-5 vs. Carlos Alcaraz and 3-6 vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Live score progression and stats
Sinner in this set was more solid than Grigor and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking the Bulgarian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A crucial moment of this set was when Jannik won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-1 to 5-1.
The Italian converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Italian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 48 points. Jannik was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than the Bulgarian (29-19). The Italian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the court, the Bulgarian conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
Sinner enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Grigor Dimitrov in the 1st game (1-0). That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Jannik to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Sinner converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Jannik didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 61 points. The Italian won 7 points more than Dimitrov (34-27). The Italian lost 7 points on serve (21-7). In addition, on the other side, the Bulgarian conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).
Jannik won the set after he broke the Bulgarian in the 9th (5-4) game. Grigor tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. However, Sinner maintained the focus to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 3.
Jannik failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 15.
Tiebreak
Sinner won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point.
Jannik won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Sinner converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). In addition on the other side, Dimitrov converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40).
They played 86 points. Sinner was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than the Bulgarian (47-39). Jannik surrendered 12 points on serve (28-12). Regarding the other side of the net, the Bulgarian conceded 19 points on serve (27-19).
Tennis Scores at the French Open
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-2 6-4 7-63)
- Casper RuudRuud – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (w/o)
Upcoming matches
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (7-2) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-5) – H2H details and stats
