The American Taylor Fritz eliminated Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov on Tuesday, winning in 3 sets, 6-2, 6-7 (11) and 6-1to seal their qualification to the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters 1,000.
It will be the first quarterfinal in Rome for a Fritz who found himself on the ropes after a devastating second set, but knew how to bounce back to seal his victory.
With some difficulty on the first shot, where he had to save some break balls To completely dominate Dimitrov for the initial 6-2, it was in the second stake where, forced, the Bulgarian had to react.
He was more accurate and took his right hammer for a walk on several occasionswho led the set to an almost surreal ‘tie-break’ of 24 points and in which he enjoyed 8 set points to extend the rivalry.
In the decisive round, Fritz ended any Bulgarian chances on the fast trackputting a resounding 3-0 on the scoreboard that closed out the rivalry.
In his first quarterfinals at the Foro Italico, Fritz will face the winner of the match between German Alexander ‘Sascha’ Zverev, third seed, and Portuguese Nuno Borges.
Source: La Verdad
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