Grigor Dimitrov prevails over Gael Monfils 6-3 6-4 6-3 in the 3rd round in London on Friday. Dimitrov will play against Daniil Medvedev or Jan-Lennard Struff in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2014. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Bulgarian added to his prize money £ 83,000 after conquering this match. He has already won £ 226,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Bulgarian will add £ 149,000 to his earnings to get in total £ 375,000 in total.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Gael Monfils Wimbledon – London
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Dimitrov scored 99 points vs. Monfils’s 67.
Dimitrov
Dimitrov served extremely well to win 95% of the points (37/39) behind his first serve, and he won 77% points (20/26) on his second serve. Grigor won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Monfils
On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Monfils is 2-4 for Gael.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Daniil Medvedev or Jan-Lennard Struff – stats
Dimitrov will fight against either Daniil Medvedev or Jan-Lennard Struff in the 4th round. The head to head is 3-7 vs. Daniil Medvedev and 5-2 vs. Jan-Lennard Struff.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Grigor clinched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
Grigor converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Grigor didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. The Bulgarian won 12 more points than Monfils (30-18). The Bulgarian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). On the other side, Gael conceded 10 points on serve (14-10).
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 the Bulgarian grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
Grigor converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 40-A). On the other side, Gael was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 66 points. The Bulgarian was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than the French player (38-28). Grigor was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (21-3). On the other side, Gael conceded 17 points on serve (25-17).
Dimitrov won the set after he broke Monfils in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Gael was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.
The Bulgarian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Grigor didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 52 points. The Bulgarian won 10 more points than Monfils (31-21). Grigor was just too good on serve to drop just 1 point during his serving games (16-1). On the losing side, Gael conceded 15 points on serve (20-15).
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