Grigor Dimitrov blitzes Dominic Stricker 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Stockholm on Friday after playing a tremendous match to face off with Tallon Griekspoor in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes. Dimitrov won this tournament once in 2013. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Bulgarian added to his prize money € 15,140 after conquering this match. He has already won € 36,000 as of now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, the Bulgarian will add € 25,235 to his earnings to get in total € 61,235.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Dominic Stricker BNP Paribas Nordic Open – Stockholm
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Bulgarian scored 62 points vs. Dominic Stephan’s 47.
Dimitrov
Grigor served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (35/43) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 41% points (7/17) on his second serve. The Bulgarian was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).
Stricker
On the other side, Stricker wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Stricker is 1-0 for Grigor.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Tallon Griekspoor – stats
Dimitrov will take on Griekspoor in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Tallon Griekspoor fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Dimitrov won 6-3 6-3 6-1 in the 3rd round in Us open back in August 2024.
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 8th game (5-3
) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).Dominic Stephan was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The Bulgarian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5
break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (6-2 40-A). On the other side, Stricker was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).They contested 62 points. Grigor conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Dominic Stephan (36-26). Grigor lost 7 points on serve (22-7). On the losing side, Dominic Stephan conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).
Dimitrov had a great start in this set after breaking Dominic Stricker in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. That was decisive for the Bulgarian to win the set (6-2) as there were no other breaks.
Grigor was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (2-0 30-40). On the other side, Stricker was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (0-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 47 points. Grigor conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Dominic Stephan (26-21). Grigor surrendered 11 points on serve (20-11). On the losing side, Stricker conceded 6 points on serve (10-6).
Tennis Scores in Stockholm
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Casper RuudRuud (7-5 7-65)
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Andrey RublevRublev (7-65 7-65)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-69 6-2)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Dominic StrickerStricker (6-3 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Tommy PaulPaul (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (1-0) – H2H details and stats