Erste Bank Open: Surprise! Grigor Dimitrov stops Andrey Rublev
Grigor Dimitrov caused a surprise at the start of the fourth main draw day at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna and knocked Andrey Rublev out of the tournament in two sets.
by Nikolaus Fink
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Oct 27, 2022, 03:29 pm
Before the start of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Grigor Dimitrov lost three matches in a row, but the Bulgarian has so far shown strong performances in the Austrian capital: After his convincing opening win over Thiago Monteiro, the 31-year-old defeated Andrey, who was third, in the round of 16 Rublev through in two sentences.
Dimitrov got off to a strong start in the already packed Wiener Stadthalle and quickly took a 4-1 lead. The world number 32 left this lead. no longer take, set one went 6:3 to the Bulgarians. In the second round, Dimitrov handed a break to make it 3:2. After 71 minutes of play, he turned his second match point into a 6:3 and 6:4 success.
Dimitrov meets Marcos Giron in the quarterfinals on Friday. The American also held his ground surprisingly smoothly at the Heumarkt against Cameron Norrie, who was seventh, with 6: 3 and 6: 4.
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