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Dan Evans battles past Dimitrov to reach Erste Bank Open Vienna semifinal
ATPFriday, 30 October 2020 at 22:10
Dan Evans put in a great effort against Grigor Dimitrov and beat him to reach the Erste Bank Open Vienna semifinal.
It was a very good display from the Brit who played against Dimitrov who has shown spectacular tennis, especially against Tsitsipas. Some o those glimpses were shown today as well but Evans still bested him 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3. The opening set showed us just how much of a battle this would be. Evans broke Dimitrov in the opening game but he got broken immediately as well. Later he broke Dimitrov once more but the Bulgarian found a way to tie it at 4-4. After that, we saw the good play from both so we ended up in a tiebreak. Dan Evans played a spectacular tiebreak where his return played a huge role in winning it.
The 2nd set continued the trend of a tight match with a lot of battle. Dimitrov opened up better breaking Evans early in the set. The Brit started playing much better later and even had chances of his own but Dimitrov survived multiple times. He himself could not use his own chances to increase the lead but it didn't matter as he still won it 6-4. The level of tennis displayed was spectacular akin to some high profile grand slam match but it got even better. The third set saw Evans put up a show early breaking Dimitrov to jump out to a 3-0 lead.
The match continued with both players winning their own service games. Dimitrov tried challeneging Evans but the Brit had a good grip on his serve and in the rallies the Bulgarian usually fell short. In the end he could not muster a comeback and Evans closed it out with 6-3 to end the match after almost a 3 hour hard fought battle.
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