The Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, whom fans have considered the current tennis player with the game most similar to the now retired Roger Federer, He won one of the most important games of his career this Wednesday.
Dimitrov defeated the Spaniard and number two in the ATP ranking, Carlos Alcaraz, in three sets with partials of 5-7, 6-2 and 6-4.
The victory of the Bulgarian It occurred in the round of 16 of the Shanghai Masters 1000 held in China. The tournament is considered the most important in the entire Asian continent.
It was also the first time that the Bulgarian defeated the Spaniard to whom he had previously lost three times in his career.
The match had a curious moment in the last point, with which the Bulgarian won, because It ended with a hit by a ball, after a ‘smash’ directed towards Alcaraz. The ball manages to hit a part of the Spaniard’s arm that almost received the impact on his body.
The Spaniard, with a friendly attitude with which he has already accustomed the public, was not bothered by the play with which his rival won the match and for which the Bulgarian had to apologize in the online greeting.
“I stayed in the game at all times, I knew I had to prevent him from being in a comfortable situation”explained the Bulgarian after the match, which led 5-3 in the first set, finally won by the Spaniard.
After his victory, Dimitrov will face the Chilean in the quarterfinals of the tournament Nicolás Jarry who advanced to that round after winning the South American duel against the Argentine Diego Schwartzman.
The top favorite of the tournament, after the fall of Alcaraz, is the Russian Andrey Rublev, world number seven, who will face the Frenchman Ugo Humbert in the quarterfinals.
The Americans Ben Shelton and Sebastian Korda will face each other in another of the keys to the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Hungarian Fábián Marozsán and Hubert Hurkacz They will star in the remaining duel in the round of the best eight of the championship.
2023-10-12 02:05:14
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