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Highlights: Dimitrov Blitzes Goffin To Earn SF Spot

Watch highlights as Grigor Dimitrov displays excellent form to beat seventh-seeded David Goffin to earn his spot in the semi-finals and Lukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo battle past Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan. Photo Credit: Getty Images. Watch live tennis at TennisTV.com.

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Goffin, Dimitrov To Square Off For SF Berth

Not content to rest on his laurels, David Goffin knows it is all still to play for at the Nitto ATP Finals on Wednesday after his upset of World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in his opening match. While acknowledging that the Spaniard wasn’t at his physical best, the Belgian’s confidence will be sky-high when he takes on No. 6 seed Grigor Dimitrov in Group Pete Sampras. Semi-final berths are up for grabs. Should Goffin back up his defeat of Nadal with a straight-sets result over the Bulgarian, he will automatically qualify. If he prevails in three sets, he will need Pablo Carreno Busta to defeat Dominic Thiem. If Dimitrov wins, regardless of the score, he will qualify for Saturday’s semi-final....

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Court Positioning, More Than Power, Aids Dimitrov's Winning Debut

What you want to do is quite often in direct conflict with what you need to do. Dominic Thiem wanted to step back as far as possible returning second serves against Grigor Dimitrov to buy time to take big cuts at the ball. After all, it’s what helped get him to London in the first place. But there was only one problem: It didn’t work nearly as well on the quicker, lower-bouncing indoor conditions of The O2. Dimitrov defeated Thiem 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 in their Group Pete Sampras match at the Nitto ATP Finals on Monday, with the battleground of second serves as important as anything that transpired in the match. Overall, Thiem won 23 per cent (12/52) of points...

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