At 32,
Grigor Dimitrov
is experiencing a spring in his career. He demonstrated it this Thursday night by beating, including a beating,
Carlos Alcaraz
in the stellar duel of the quarterfinals of the
Miami Masters 1000
. The Bulgarian, who was always labeled as
a miniature Roger Federer
due to his exquisite technique, played his best tennis to leave the tournament without its top favorite and break an ideal semi-final with the four seeds fighting for a place in Sunday's final. . It was 6-2 and 6-4 for the Haskovo native in just over 1 hour and 30 minutes of action on the cement of the charming complex located in Miami Gardens.
It was Dimitrov's second consecutive victory over Alcaraz, who now leads the record 3-2. The previous match had been a 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 victory for the Bulgarian in the round of 16 of the Shanghai Masters 1000. His rival in the run-up to the decisive match will be the German
Alexander Zverev
, who this Thursday put an end to the adventure of the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan by 6-3 and 7-5.
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