Can Grigor Dimitrov add a Grand Slam title challenge to his resurgent 2024?
The Bulgarian withstood a stirring comeback from Andrey Rublev to clinch victory in a pulsating fourth-round US Open clash on Sunday afternoon in New York. The ninth-seeded Dimitrov kept his cool for a 6-3, 7-6(3), 1-6, 3-6, 6-3 triumph after three hours and 39 minutes inside Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Two of the cleanest baseline ballstrikers on the ATP Tour produced some scintillating rallies for an engrossed crowd inside Arthur Ashe Stadium. Although Dimitrov fired fewer winners than Rublev (41 to 47) and more unforced errors (67 to 59), his ability to raise his level under pressure proved crucial to his victory.
“I was playing fairly good, I think, for the first two sets,” said Dimitrov in his on-court interview. “But for some reason my body was starting to lose its rhthym a little bit and he was not going to just give up the match. You know how he is. I just had to stay patient and I think today the biggest thing that helped me was my experience and [the crowd].”
Big stage for a big milestone ?@GrigorDimitrov advances to his 8th Grand Slam quarter-final, defeating Rublev in five sets! @usopen | #USOpen pic.twitter.com/5Ff55OjsDL
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