Grigor Dimitrov reached the Round of 16 of the ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai

Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov reached the Round of 16 of the ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai. The world’s number ten defeated Alexei Popyrin (Australia) by 2-0 (7:6(5), 6:2) in 90 minutes of play on Court No 3 in the Chinese city.

Thus, in the Round of 16, Grigor Dimitrov will face the 19-year-old Czech talent Jakub Mensik, who earlier today eliminated Alexander Shevchenko (Kazakhstan) by 2-1 (6:1, 6:7(5), 6:2).

Grigor Dimitrov twice had to make reversals from 0-30 in the first set of his serves, but did not allow Alexei Popyrin to reach a break point. The Bulgarian showed resilience at every moment and took the set after a tiebreak, and in the second he quickly took a 4:0 lead and closed the match with ease.

Grigor Dimitrov finished the match with a 97% first serve win rate (34/35), hitting 65% of his first serves.