Francesco Passaro stuns Dimitrov in the 2nd round at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia – ROME RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Passaro upsets Dimitrov

By
Luke Meyer
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Francesco Passaro surprises Grigor Dimitrov 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Rome on Friday. Passaro is going to play against Karen Khachanov in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.

Passaro
Rome
Passaro's Record

The Italian added to his prize money € 22,030 after winning this match. He has already won € 52,925 after this win. If he wins the next match, Francesco will add € 37,520 to his earnings to get in total € 90,445 in total.

Highlights Francesco Passaro vs. Grigor Dimitrov Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Passaro
Dimitrov
Francesco Passaro
7-5 6-3
1h:44
Grigor Dimitrov
75
75
Total points
60
60
34
34
Winners
27
27
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
6
6
2
2
Double Faults
7
7
71%
71%
1st in
53%
53%
83%
83%
1st won
66%
66%
34/41
34/41
1st won
27/41
27/41
41%
41%
2nd won
44%
44%
7/17
7/17
2nd won
16/36
16/36
-- Break Points --
4/14
4/14
Total
2/3
2/3
29%
29%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, the Italian scored 75 points vs. the Bulgarian’s 60.

Passaro

The Italian served very well to win 83% of the points (34/41) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 41% points (7/17) on his second serve. Francesco won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 29% (4/14) of the procured opportunities.

Dimitrov

On the other side, Dimitrov didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Passaro and Dimitrov is 2-0 for Francesco.

Draw and next match H2H: Francesco Passaro vs. Karen Khachanov – stats

Passaro will fight against Khachanov in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Karen Khachanov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Passaro HTML
PassaroDimitrov
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P
0
0
D
0
0

Passaro conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for Francesco to win the set because Dimitrov found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game. The Italian kept his cool to break Grigor in the 6th (3-3) and in the 12th (7-5) game.

The Italian failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.

Francesco converted 18% of his break points (2/11). He had 11 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 15-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Grigor converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 85 points. Francesco conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the Bulgarian (47-38). Francesco surrendered 13 points on serve (25-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Grigor conceded 22 points on serve (25-22).

2nd Set -
Passaro Not
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0
0
0
0

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Francesco grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).

They played 50 points. The Italian conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Grigor (29-21). Passaro was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the other side, the Bulgarian conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).

1st
Passaro
Dimitrov
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Passaro
Dimitrov
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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  • Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-4 6-2)
  • Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-3)
  • Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (6-4 5-7 6-1)
  • Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 7-63)
  • Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-3 6-2)
  • Francesco PassaroPassaro – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-5 6-3)
  • Arthur FilsFils – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-2 6-2)
  • Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-1 7-64)
  • Vit KoprivaKopriva – Sebastian BaezBaez (3-6 6-4 6-4)
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