Grigor Dimitrov tops Brandon Nakashima 6-4 7-5 in the 4th round in Miami on Tuesday. Dimitrov will clash against Francisco Cerundolo in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
Dimitrov added to his prize money $ 85,850 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 189,075 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Bulgarian will add $ 143,085 to his earnings to get in total $ 332,160 in total.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs. Brandon Nakashima Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:23
At the end of the match, Grigor scored 58 points vs. Nakashima’s 53.
Dimitrov
Dimitrov served pretty well to win 83% of the points (33/40) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (11/17) on his second serve. Grigor fired 12 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The Bulgarian won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Nakashima
On the other side, the American wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Dimitrov and Nakashima is 2-1 for Grigor.
Draw and next match H2H: Grigor Dimitrov vs. Francisco Cerundolo – stats
Dimitrov will play Cerundolo in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Francisco Cerundolo 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 hard.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Bulgarian conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before finally conquering the set (6-4).
The American was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4 to 6-4.
The Bulgarian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Bulgarian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 52 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Bulgarian won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Brandon (25-27). Grigor lost 5 points on serve (20-5). In addition, on the other side, Brandon conceded 5 points on serve (22-5).
Similarly to the 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Dimitrov clinched in the 11th game (6-5) just before finally winning the set (7-5).
The Bulgarian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40). On the other side, Grigor didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 59 points. The Bulgarian won 7 points more than the American (33-26). Dimitrov lost 8 points on serve (24-8). On the losing side, Nakashima conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Casper RuudRuud (6-4 6-2)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Adam WaltonWalton (6-3 7-5)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-2 6-2)
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 7-67)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Tomas MachacMachac (w/o)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 7-5)
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 2-6 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Alexander ZverevZverev – (3-1) – H2H details and stats
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (4-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-1) – H2H details and stats
