Number 10 in world tennis, the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrovovertook the Belgian on Monday Zizou Bergsin the second round of Shanghai Masters 1000neither 6-3, 3-6 and 6-2.
The match started on Saturday, when it was played for 1 hour and 41 minutes with a partial score of 6-3 and 2-4 before rain forced a suspension and made it impossible to continue on Sunday as well.
After finally resuming the duel, this time on center court – with a retractable cover -, Bergs took advantage of the positive momentum he carried into the second set to force a third.
In the second game of the final round, Dimitrov was able to not only cheer from the public with high-quality points but also break the serve of his opponent, ranked 73rd in the ATP ranking, to decide the rivalry that in his favor, which was finally settled in 2 hours and 28 minutes.
The Bulgarian – last year’s semi-finalist in this tournament after defeating, among others, the world number two, Carlos Alcarazwill face the round of 32 against the Australian Alexei Popyrin24th in the world rankings, defeating Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (6-3, 6-2).
Source: La Verdad
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