Corentin Moutet shocks Dimitrov in the 1st round of the Wimbledon

Corentin Moutet surprises Grigor Dimitrov 2-6 3-6 7-6⁴ 6-3 6-1 in the 1^st round in London on Monday.

Match Report, stats, and key facts

1^st set.

Dimitrov had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Moutet in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, there was more to do for the Bulgarian to win the set as the French succeeded in breaking back in the 5^th (2-3) game. The Bulgarian kept his focus to break Moutet in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

2^nd set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Grigor conquered in the 8^th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

3^rd set.

Moutet won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 11^th (5-6) game. The French Player broke back in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 12^th (6-6) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 4.

4^th set.

Moutet won the set after he broke Grigor in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. That break resulted decisive for the French to win the set because he didn’t drop his serve in the set.

5^th set.

Moutet started the set strong after breaking Dimitrov in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Corentin managed to increase his lead later on after breaking Dimitrov in the 4^th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

Moutet won this contest even if he won less points than Grigor (146 vs. 148).

Moutet was battling in converting his break points because he converted only 37% (7/19) of them.

On the other side, Dimitrov was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (6/12). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Moutet and Dimitrov is 1-0 for Corentin.

Corentin Moutet vs. Felix Auger Aliassime

Moutet will come up against Auger Aliassime in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Corentin Moutet and Felix Auger Aliassime since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

The last time that they played each other, Auger Aliassime won 6-2 6-2 in the 1^st round in Lyon Challenger back in 2018.