{"id":85442,"date":"2025-04-08T14:08:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T12:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/?p=85442"},"modified":"2025-04-08T14:13:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T12:13:33","slug":"dimitrov-advances-on-7th-m-p-in-monte-carlo-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/dimitrov-advances-on-7th-m-p-in-monte-carlo-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Dimitrov advances on 7th M.P. in Monte-Carlo Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grigor Dimitrov\u00a0may have needed seven match points to cross the line on Tuesday, but the 15th seed is up and running on his return to clay-court action at the\u00a0Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters.<\/p>\n<p>Competing in his first tour-level match on the surface since reaching the\u00a0Roland Garros\u00a0quarter-finals last year, Dimitrov shook off a shaky finish to move past\u00a0Nicolas Jarry\u00a06-3, 6-4 and reach the second round at the ATP Masters 1000 event.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6w0GlHo5oFM?si=lupyBK_2x3pt1-cP\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old squandered five match points and saved three break points when serving out the match, but made amends to improve on his impressive record in The Principality. Dimitrov now boasts a 24-11 in Monte-Carlo, the second most among active players on Tour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Monte-Carlo Wins Among Active Players<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<strong>Player<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<strong>W-L<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<strong>Titles<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Novak Djokovic<\/td>\n<td>\u00a039-15<\/td>\n<td>\u00a02<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Grigor Dimitrov<\/td>\n<td>\u00a024-11<\/td>\n<td>\u00a00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Stan Wawrinka<\/td>\n<td>\u00a022-14<\/td>\n<td>\u00a01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Fabio Fognini<\/td>\n<td>\u00a021-13<\/td>\n<td>\u00a01<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Stefanos Tsitsipas*<\/td>\n<td>\u00a020-3<\/td>\n<td>\u00a03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Richard Gasquet<\/td>\n<td>\u00a020-11<\/td>\n<td>\u00a00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*plays in Monte-Carlo on Tuesday<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess you build into it,\u201d Dimitrov said of his return to clay. \u201c [He\u2019s] a very tricky opponent. You just need to pick it up, that\u2019s just how it is. You don\u2019t have much time after Miami, so I have been fighting to do that. Whether I win or lose, it doesn\u2019t really matter, it\u2019s just about doing the right thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dimitrov had lost each of his two previous meetings with Jarry on clay, but was relentless on return to improve level their Lexus ATP Head2Head series at 2-2. The Bulgarian used variation in his game to nullify the Chilean&#8217;s big serving, carving out a total of 12 break points, according to Infosys ATP Stats.<\/p>\n<p>Awaiting Dimitrov, the former No. 3 in the PIF ATP Rankings, in the second round is Monegasque wild card\u00a0Valentin Vacherot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dimitrov will next play Vacherot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classifiee-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dimitrov advances on 7th M.P. in Monte-Carlo Opener - Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/montecarlotennismasters.com\/en\/dimitrov-advances-on-7th-m-p-in-monte-carlo-opener\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dimitrov advances on 7th M.P. in Monte-Carlo Opener - 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