Grigor Dimitrov and Alexander Zverev, ATP World Tour Masters 1000 champions respectively in Cincinnati and Montreal, finished on top in the Summer Masters Golden Hot Shot poll. Dimitrov’s dive volley against Yuichi Sugita in the quarter-finals of the Western & Southern Open was selected by fans as the clear winner of the poll, finishing with 52 per cent of votes cast over a five-day period. Meanwhile, Zverev’s match point save in a 49-shot rally against Richard Gasquet in the Coupe Rogers second round received 18 per cent of votes. View Complete Results For Golden Hot Shot Re-live nine great hot shots from the season’s ATP World Tour Masters 1000 summer tournaments: Subscribe to our Hot Shot playlist, and watch...
Grigor Dimitrov will play in the biggest final of his career after edging John Isner 7-6(4), 7-6(10) in a gripping semi-final encounter at the Western & Southern Open. With the partisan home crowd firmly in Isner's favour, Dimitrov played the role of spoiler, reaching his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final after two hours and three minutes. The seventh seed fired 10 aces, while overcoming 14 blasts off the Isner frame. Dimitrov has found his top gear this week at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, not dropping a set en route to his 12th ATP World Tour final and third of the year. He lifted the trophy in Brisbane and Sofia to open his 2017 campaign. The...
Grigor Dimitrov reflects on his semi-final victory over John Isner and looks ahead to his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final in Cincinnati. Watch live matches at tennistv.com.
Grigor Dimitrov is one win away from his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final after a commanding 6-2, 6-1 win over Japan’s Yuichi Sugita Friday at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. Dimitrov has now reached four semi-finals at the ATP World Tour’s premier tournament level, but is yet to reach a title match at the 1000s. The Bulgarian broke World No. 46 Sugita at the beginning of the first set to race to a 3-0 lead and twice at the beginning of the second set to surge ahead 5-0. He lost just five points on serve and did not face a break point. En route to victory, the seventh-seeded Bulgarian pulled off a spectacular diving hot shot...