After the bell rang on Thursday against the Spaniards Carlos Alcarazthe Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov He beat the German this Friday Alexander Zverev with shares of 6-4, 6-7(4) and 6-4and qualified for the final of the Miami Openwhere faces can be seen including the Italian Jannik Sinner.
Dimitrov, number twelve in the world, will return to the top-10 of the world ranking starting this Monday after playing stellar tennis on the Miami court, where he will compete this Sunday for his second Masters 1,000 title after Cincinnati 20217.
The Bulgarian took revenge on Zverev who had beaten him in seven of the previous eight games and that he won ten of the last eleven sets played.
The former world number three, this year’s champion in Brisbane, He just offered a monumental exhibition in the quarterfinals that cost Alcaraz elimination.
It is again difficult to hold onto Dimitrov’s servewho kept his first two turns to zero and nullified the only break point awarded to Zverev, in the fifth game.
It was a high-level first set for both players, very even, where the balance was It was only broken thanks to Dimitrov’s effectiveness in his first opportunity to strike.
This is in the tenth game, with 5-4 on the scoreboard, as the Bulgarian recovered from 0-30 with a superb backhand volleys and converted his first breaking ball to take the first set 6-4 in 42 minutes.
If possible, the rivalry will be even closer in the second set, that is It was decided on a tiebreaker with neither player conceding any broken balls.
Zverev kept a cool head and took the tie-break 7-4 to force a third set.
With the wind in his favor, he was the German to get the first chance to break. He had one in the fifth game, but Dimitrov managed to get out of trouble and defended his turn. In the seventh game, Dimitrov got two break points and the first was enough to take a 4-3 lead.
It was enough for him to keep his shifts in service and he did it flawlessly. He held his serve both times and sealed the round pass in the final 6-4.
Waiting for you now a Sinner who defeated Daniil Medvedev this Friday (6-1 and 6-2) in the other semifinal. It was the Italian’s fifth consecutive victory over the Russian, who defeated him last year in the final in Miami.
Sinner has a favorable balance against Dimitrovhaving won two of the previous three.
Source: La Verdad
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