Dimitrov subdued Hurkacz and met with Davidovich

the bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov stopped the reaction of Polish Hubert Hurkacz, eleventh seed, and after two hours and twenty-nine minutes he won three sets (6-4, 3-6 and 7-6 (2) ) to reach the semifinals of Monte Carlo Masters 1000where he would face the Spaniards Alexander Davidovich.

Dimitrov, who became the third player in the world, returned to the semifinals of the Monegasque tournament, where he was already in 2018, when he was rescued from the Spanish final Rafael Nadal.

The Bulgarian has accumulated eight titles in his career, although the last was in 2017. This season he also managed to become a semifinalist in Melbourne. It stuck in quarters in Indian Wells and Delray Beach. Now, four seasons after the one in Rotterdam, the player from Haskovo will return to a final.

As happened at Indian Wells in 2021, in the only time they were together in a tournament, Dimitrov defeated Hurkacz, a rising player, with four trophies already under his belt but always on the hard court.

Hurkacz is in the Monte Carlo quarterfinals for the first time. He hasn’t had a good streak on clay since the 2020 Rome Masters 1000 when he faced a rival full of talent who took advantage of his good start. The Polish player, fourteenth in the world, reacted eventually and equalized the match. He got his big break when he broke in the ninth game of the third set and served for the win. But he did not take advantage of it and Dimitrov took the initiative and won.

Dimitrov will play for the final with Davidovich, who had previously eliminated the American Taylor Fritz by 2-6, 6-4 and 6-3. They meet for the second time. Another, at the Masters 1000 in Rome last year, ended with the Spanish player’s victory in two sets (6-4 and 7-6 (2).