Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic won against third seed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria at Vienna with a thrilling performance, defeating his opponent 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3. The match lasted a gruelling two hours and 31 minutes. With this win, Machac now looks forward to the Erste Bank Open quarter-finals.
Having made 21 unforced errors during his play, Dimitrov might not now qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals. Currently, he ranks 10th in the race to get one of the eight spots for the said competition.
Machac will face Jack Draper of Great Britain in the quarter-finals. Draper, the No.7 seed at the moment, defeated Luciano Darderi of Italy 7-5, 6-1.
In similar news, Russia’s Karen Khachanov won against Brandon Nakashima 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Czech qualifier Jakub Mensik beat Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia 6-3, 7-6 (7). No.2 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia has moved up, too. He was leading the match 7-6 (2), 3-1 when his opponent, Italy’s Flavio Cobolli, retired.
Source: CNA