Grigor Dimitrov outlasts Arthur Rinderknech 6-2 4-6 7-6(5) in the 3rd round in Paris on Thursday after conquering a huge battle. Dimitrov will face Karen Khachanov in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Dimitrov added to his prize money € 69,620 after conquering this match. He has already won € 149,685 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Bulgarian will add € 124,740 to his earnings to get in total € 274,425 in total.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Arthur Rinderknech Rolex Paris Masters – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Bulgarian scored 93 points vs. Rinderknech’s 79.
Dimitrov
Dimitrov served exceptionally well to win 92% of the points (47/51) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (18/28) on his second serve. The Bulgarian struck 17 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Grigor was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4).
Rinderknech
On the other side, The French player was remarkable in converting the only break point that he converted. Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this encounter, the head to head between Dimitrov and Rinderknech is 3-0 for Grigor.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Dimitrov will play Khachanov in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Grigor Dimitrov and Karen Khachanov clash against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they squared off, Dimitrov won 6-73 6-4 7-65 in the semifinal in Marseille back in February 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Grigor in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Arthur and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Arthur in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Bulgarian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.
The French player was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Dimitrov converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Grigor didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 49 points. Grigor conquered the set after winning 15 more points than Arthur (32-17). Grigor was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (21-3). On the losing side, Arthur conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Arthur snatched in the 9th game (5-4) before eventually winning the set (6-4).
The Bulgarian had to surrender the 9th game (5-4) when he was serving and leading 40-0. Dimitrov couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4
to 6-4.They contested 57 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally the French player won just 1 point more than Grigor (29-28). The French player lost 9 points on serve (22-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Grigor conceded 7 points on serve (19-7).
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Grigor won the breaker at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Grigor won 3 minibreaks in the 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Rinderknech won a minibreak in the 8th (5-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Grigor saved 2 set points when he was 3-5 and 4-5 down. Furthermore, on the other side, Dimitrov didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 66 points. This set was so close that, The Bulgarian won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Dimitrov was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (24-4). on the other side of the net, the French player conceded 9 points on serve (29-9).
Tennis Scores in Paris
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-5 7-65)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Arthur FilsFils (6-4 3-6 6-3)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-2 4-6 7-65)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-71 6-4 6-2)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-65 6-4)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jack DraperDraper (5-7 6-2 6-3)
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (6-1 3-6 7-5)
- Holger RuneRune – Arthur CazauxCazaux (3-6 6-3 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Ugo HumbertHumbert (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (5-10) – H2H details and stats
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (2-2) – H2H details and stats