Grigor Dimitrov trashes Rinky Hijikata 6-1 6-1 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in New York on Wednesday after playing a tremendous match. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

New York
Dimitrov's Record

Grigor added to his prize money $ 75,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 215,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Grigor will add $ 110,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.

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

Live score progression and stats

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

Dimitrov was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Bulgarian extended his lead after breaking Rinky in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

Certainly, a key moment was when Dimitrov won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

Grigor converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 3rd game (3-0 15-40). On the other side, the Bulgarian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 48 points. Grigor was the one to win the set after conquering 16 more points than Hijikata (32-16). Grigor was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the court, Rinky conceded 16 points on serve (13-16).

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

Dimitrov was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Rinky Hijikata in the 1st game (1-0). Grigor managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Australian in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

Rinky was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-1 to 6-1.

The Bulgarian converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, the Bulgarian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 37 points. Dimitrov conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Rinky (25-12). The Bulgarian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (12-2). on the other side of the court, Rinky conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).

3rd Set -
Dimitrov 7-6
DimitrovHijikata
7
6
D
1
0
H
2
0
H
2
1
D
3
1
D
4
1
H
5
1
H
6
1
D
6
2
D
6
3
H
6
4
H
7
4
DimitrovHijikata
6
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
DimitrovHijikata
6
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
DimitrovHijikata
5
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
DimitrovHijikata
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
DimitrovHijikata
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
DimitrovHijikata
4
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
DimitrovHijikata
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
DimitrovHijikata
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
DimitrovHijikata
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
DimitrovHijikata
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
DimitrovHijikata
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
DimitrovHijikata
1
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15

Dimitrov won the set after he broke the Australian in the 6th (4-2) game. Rinky tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nevertheless, Grigor stayed solid to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.

Tiebreak

The Bulgarian won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Hijikata won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (2-6) and 9th (3-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4

The Bulgarian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (2-4 15-40).

They played 83 points. Grigor won 5 points more than Hijikata (44-39). Grigor lost 10 points on serve (24-10). Regarding the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 20 points on serve (29-20).

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

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