Grigor Dimitrov wins against Quentin Halys 7-6(1) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Stockholm on Thursday. Dimitrov will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Dominic Stricker in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 39 minutes. Dimitrov won this tournament once in 2013. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Bulgarian added to his prize money € 8,750 after winning this match. He has already won € 20,860 after this win. If he wins the next match, Dimitrov will add € 15,140 to his earnings to get in total € 36,000 in total.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Quentin Halys BNP Paribas Nordic Open – Stockholm
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:39
At the end of the match, Grigor scored 79 points vs. Halys’s 70.
Dimitrov
Grigor served very well to win 82% of the points (37/45) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 41% points (14/34) on his second serve. The Bulgarian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 22% (2/9) of the procured opportunities.
Halys
On the other side, Quentin was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Halys is 1-0 for Grigor.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Dominic Stricker – stats
Dimitrov will take on Stricker in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Grigor Dimitrov and Dominic Stricker since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Grigor won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Dimitrov broke back in the 5th (2-3) game to conquer the set 7-6.
Grigor converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, the French player converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 102 points. Dimitrov was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than the French player (53-49). Grigor conceded 24 points on serve (39-24). on the other side of the court, Halys conceded 14 points on serve (25-14).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Grigor snatched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
Dimitrov converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Dimitrov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 47 points. Dimitrov was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than the French player (26-21). Grigor was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the court, the French player conceded 10 points on serve (17-10).
Tennis Scores in Stockholm
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-4 4-6 7-62)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 6-1)
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-4 3-6 7-5)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Quentin HalysHalys (7-61 6-3)
- Dominic StrickerStricker – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-66 6-4)
- Casper RuudRuud – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 7-63)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Laslo DjereDjere (6-2 7-62)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (7-60 6-3)
Upcoming matches
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- Tommy PaulPaul – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-3) – H2H details and stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Casper RuudRuud (0-2) – H2H details and stats
