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Bulgaria’s No. 1 racket Grigor Dimitrov plays Daniel Evans in the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 tournament in Vienna. The Briton won the first set with 7: 6 (3) after 59 minutes of battle. In the second set, the result is 1: 1.
In the first game of the first set, the Bulgarian tennis player started with a serve. The game was even and arrived at 30:30, after which Evans had the opportunity to break through and did so to lead 1: 0. Dimitrov reacted immediately and with an excellent game managed to equalize, returning the advance by 1: 1.
After leading 30:15 in the third game, a 40:40 tie was reached, followed by an opportunity for a breakthrough from Evans, but Grigor joined in and took the lead with 2: 1. In the next game, Evans tied without problems. In the fifth game, Dimitrov led confidently but allowed the score to equal 40:40, and then Evans had a chance to break the Bulgarian tennis player again and did so to lead 3: 2. The Briton solidified the lead and took the lead. front with 4: 2.
With an excellent seventh game, Dimitrov managed to reduce the score to 3: 4. In the eighth game, Evans Dimitrov took the lead with 30:15, but the Briton tied a header at 30:30. With a perfect pass shot Dimitrov took the lead again with 40:30, after which he managed to return the advance and tied the score at 4: 4. In the ninth game, Evans again had a chance to break through after a serve. hesitant of the Bulgarian tennis player. Hopefully Dimitrov managed to take his pass and went ahead with 5: 4.
Evans won his pass in the tenth game to 0 and tied 5: 5. Grigor Dimitrov repeated the exercise, winning to 0 and again led 6: 5. A new game of 0 for the Briton followed and the result was again the same: 6 : 6, followed by a tiebreaker. In it, Dimitrov took the lead with 1: 0, but reached 4: 1 after two consecutive mini advances in favor of Evans. After the British ace, the score rose to 5: 1 to close the game with 7: 3, and thus lead with a set of 7: 6 (3).
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In the first game of the second set with Evans’ serve the result passed to 30:30, but in the end he managed to win the pass and went ahead with 1: 0. In the second game Dimitrov went ahead with 40:30, but after an error allowed the result to be equalized. After many laps, Haskovo managed to equalize – 1: 1.
Evans, 30 years old and 33rd in the world rankings, beat Alias Bedene in the first round after the Slovenian and Yuri Rodionov refused in the round of 16.
So far, he and Grigor have a total of 4 matches, and the Bulgarian has 3 wins in these matches. They faced each other earlier this year at the ATP Cup tournament, when Haskovo beat his opponent in sets 2: 1 after a change of course.
If he defeats Evans, Dimitrov will appear on the court for the semifinal battle against Italian Lorenzo Sonego, who defeated World Cup №1 Novak Djokovic with 6: 2, 6: 1. So far this season, the native tennis player has two semifinals, in Acapulco and last week in Antwerp, registering two defeats.
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