ByakuFubuki
Semi-Pro
I thought this would be an interesting match to discuss.
So, despite the 261 positions of difference I don't expect this to be an easy task for Gricasso the Camel Jockey, who, after an amazing start of the year, has been struggling and losing early in every Tournament except Madrid and is 3/4 on Clay this year. On the other hand, the Spanish Veteran, who's recovering from an injury at 35, is 6/10 this year (5/8 on Clay), having been able to win two matches in a row only in Marrakech, the second being exactly against Dimitrov.
Robredo leads the Head-to-Head by 3-1, including 2-0 on Clay and their last meeting: the already mentioned Marrakech R16 (Robredo d. Dimitrov 6-4 1-6 6-1). The only encounter won by Grigor has been the 2014 ATP 1000 Canada R16 Match (7-5 5-7 6-4). They've never played a Best-Of-Five Match against each other and only their very first Meeting (2013 ATP 500 Barçelona R32, Robredo d. Dimitrov 7-5 6-1) didn't go to a decider.
Since it's the only Match I didn't report, I'll add that Robredo won the R32 meeting at 2015 ATP 1000 Indian Wells by 6-4 1-6 7-5.
An interesting stat about Dimitrov in 2017: out of the 8 Matches he lost, 6 went to a Decider, and in 4 of these he won the First Set.
Update: They're Scheduled to be the second match on Court 1, after Mattek-Sands vs [15] Kvitova, which is supposed to start at 11.00 AM local time.
So, despite the 261 positions of difference I don't expect this to be an easy task for Gricasso the Camel Jockey, who, after an amazing start of the year, has been struggling and losing early in every Tournament except Madrid and is 3/4 on Clay this year. On the other hand, the Spanish Veteran, who's recovering from an injury at 35, is 6/10 this year (5/8 on Clay), having been able to win two matches in a row only in Marrakech, the second being exactly against Dimitrov.
Robredo leads the Head-to-Head by 3-1, including 2-0 on Clay and their last meeting: the already mentioned Marrakech R16 (Robredo d. Dimitrov 6-4 1-6 6-1). The only encounter won by Grigor has been the 2014 ATP 1000 Canada R16 Match (7-5 5-7 6-4). They've never played a Best-Of-Five Match against each other and only their very first Meeting (2013 ATP 500 Barçelona R32, Robredo d. Dimitrov 7-5 6-1) didn't go to a decider.
Since it's the only Match I didn't report, I'll add that Robredo won the R32 meeting at 2015 ATP 1000 Indian Wells by 6-4 1-6 7-5.
An interesting stat about Dimitrov in 2017: out of the 8 Matches he lost, 6 went to a Decider, and in 4 of these he won the First Set.
Update: They're Scheduled to be the second match on Court 1, after Mattek-Sands vs [15] Kvitova, which is supposed to start at 11.00 AM local time.
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You can't afford that against Robredo.
