The Argentine tennis player Francisco closing it (24 °) lost in three sets to the Bulgarian Dimitrov Grigor (15 °) and was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 of Miami.
In a very even match in which both players were at a good level, the final result was 6-7 (6), 6-4 and 7-6 (3) in favor of the native of Bulgaria.
In addition, the Frenchman Arthur Fils (18 °) eliminated German Alexander Zverev (2nd), a maximum candidate to keep the contest.
In a battle of almost three hours, closing it could not with the hierarchy of the experienced Dimitrov and lost in three sets.
The parity was demonstrated from the first set: after two breaks in the first game of the game, the players no more advantages until the tie break. In the same, the Argentine had to overcome two sets in favor of his rival, in addition to the five he had granted in the thirteenth set, and managed to match the tiebreaker in 6-6, and then keep the partial with a powerful cross upside down that Dimitrov could not return.
The second chapter favored the European from the beginning, since Dimitrov managed to break the serve of the native of Belgrano and, becoming firm with a powerful service and high pique, did not grant break points until the end of the partial.
The decisive manga put the advantage of closing it from the beginning, with a break in the second game, but Dimitrov, despite being remarkably fatigued, was able to recover the break. The Argentine had a single match point in the twelfth game, but he was missing him to overcome the aggressiveness in the return of the serve.
Already in the tie break, closing it made some mistakes that gave a triple match point to the 33 -year -old, who closed the match with a parallel setback with a slice that the Argentine could not return with precision.
The great surprise of the day occurred during the afternoon, when the Arthur Fils left Alexander Zverev and got into the semifinals.
In a first set matched, the result was defined with only one break: Zverev won the fourth service of the French and closed the sleeve, with difficulty, 6-3.
The second set was also defined by the difference of a break. This time he was the young Frenchman who stayed with an early break, in the second game, to keep the partial 6-3 and force a definitive third set.
The last partial was different from the previous ones. Who started better was “Sascha”, who broke in the fourth game and seemed to go to the semifinals, but Fils achieved two breaks followed to put an advantage and, with a parallel right, keep the third set 6-4 and the pass to the semifinals.
In a historic tournament for his career, Arthur Fils, with only 20 years, will play the semifinals of a 1000 Masters for the first time in his career, his previous result being the quarterfinals that he reached in Indian Wells, the last tournament. The Frenchman is living a great sports moment and is 15 ° in the live ranking, the best position of his career.
Source: Ambito
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