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Bulgaria’s Dimitrov knocks out Federer in US Open shocker, will face Russian troll Medvedev in semis
Grigor Dimitrov knocked Roger Federer off his perch, taking a spot within the US Open semi-finals with a startling Three-6, 6-Four, Three-6, 6-Four, 6-2 win after the tennis legend suffered an harm on Tuesday.
The 78th-ranked Dimitrov got here out victorious in opposition to Federer for the primary time, having misplaced his earlier seven matches with the 20-time Grand Slam winner.
After scoring the most important win of his profession, Dimitrov advances to his third main semifinal and his first in New York. He is because of face off in opposition to the #5-ranked Daniil Medvedev on Friday.
Of their eighth assembly, Grigor Dimitrov has a primary win over Roger Federer!
He's via to the #USOpen semifinals, the place he’ll face Daniil Medvedev pic.twitter.com/qYt65rhmPR
— ESPN India (@ESPNIndia) September Four, 2019
Federer was sidelined after the fourth set with a medical time-out, leaving the courtroom with a coach and apparently nursing a again harm. He by no means actually recovered, and the unassuming Bulgarian – nicknamed “Child Fed” for the similarity of his taking part in model to Federer’s personal – was capable of sink the final two units simply.
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