Grigor Dimitrov brushes past Adrian Mannarino 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in London on Monday after playing a solid match to play Karen Khachanov or Sebastian Korda in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 2 minutes. Grigor won this tournament once in 2014. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Adrian Mannarino cinch Championships – London
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Grigor scored 59 points vs. the French player’s 32.
Dimitrov
Dimitrov served extremely well to win 86% of the points (19/22) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (13/19) on his second serve. Grigor fired 12 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Dimitrov won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Mannarino
On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Dimitrov and Mannarino is 6-0 for Grigor.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Karen Khachanov or Sebastian Korda – stats
Dimitrov will face either Karen Khachanov or Sebastian Korda in the 2nd
round. The head to head is 4-0 vs. Karen Khachanov and 1-1 vs. Sebastian Korda.Live score progression and stats
Dimitrov had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Adrian Mannarino in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Bulgarian extended his lead after breaking the French player in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Mannarino had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-1 to 6-1.
The Bulgarian converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Dimitrov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 53 points. The Bulgarian was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Adrian (32-21). Grigor conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the court, Mannarino conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).
Grigor in this set was more solid than Adrian and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Mannarino in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Mannarino was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Dimitrov was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, Dimitrov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 38 points. Dimitrov conquered the set after winning 16 points more than Mannarino (27-11). The Bulgarian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the other side, Mannarino conceded 11 points on serve (7-11).
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