Grigor Dimitrov’s Impressive Comeback at the Shanghai Masters 1,000

Grigor Dimitrov has returned to his best tennis at the Shanghai Masters 1,000. After defeating Carlos Alcaraz in the round of 16, the 32-year-old Bulgarian tennis player, who became number 3 in the world in 2017, is already in the semifinals of the Shanghai Masters 1,000 after defeating the Chilean Nicolás Jarry 7-6 ( 2) and 6-4 in one hour and 40 minutes.

It was a match in which both Dimitrov and Jarry were intractable with their service in the first set and that led to the first set being decided in a tie-break in which Dimitrov was more accurate in the decisive moments to close the set. with the first set point he had 7-6 after winning 7-2 in the tie-break.

In the second set Jarry and Dimitrov, who won 90% of points with his first serve, continued to maintain their serves with little difficulty until, in the seventh game, Dimitrov broke Jarry’s serve on the third break point he had to continue without losing his serve and closing the set and the match 6-4 to reach the semifinals in a Masters 1,000 for the first time since Monte Carlo in 2022.

A Dimitrov who does not want to be left with just the semifinals and who this Saturday will seek a place in the final against the winner of the quarterfinal match between the Frenchman Ugo Humbert and the Russian Andrey Rublev. Shanghai has shown that the best version of Dimitrov is back.

Granollers and Zeballos, to the doubles final

Also still on a roll in Shanghai is the duo formed by the Spanish Marcel Granollers and the Argentine Horacio Zeballos, who this Friday managed to qualify for the final of the doubles table after beating the Australian Rinky Hijikata and the British Cameron Norrie 6-2 and 6- 3.

It will be the third final in 2023 for the duo formed by Granollers and Zeballos after falling in the Geneva and Wimbledon finals in search of a title that has eluded them since they won in Halle in 2022.

A final in which Granollers and Zeballos will face the winners of the second semi-final in the match this Saturday that will face the Indian Rohan Bopanna and the Australian Matthew Ebden before the French Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul.

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2023-10-13 11:07:57
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