Grigor Dimitrov reached his first final of the season in his last ATP tournament of 2023 after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 2:1 sets 6:3; 6:7(1); 7:6(3) at the Paris Masters 1/2-final clash.
The Bulgarian didn’t let a second set tiebreak affect him and won the match in another tiebreak almost an hour later.
Dimitrov expects one of Novak Djokovic or Andrey Rublev at the final on Sunday.
GRIGOR DIMITROV IN THE FINAL! 🇧🇬
The Bulgarian defeats Tsitsipas in a three-set thriller and will try to win his FIRST title since 2017.
7th win this season against a top 10 for Grisha and new world no. 14. pic.twitter.com/OiI8Q2Us6X
— Relevant Tennis (@RelevantTennis) November 4, 2023
The former world No. 3 won the first set with flying colors, having a break lead and finished it off at 6:3. The second part was way more balanced and although Dimitrov had two break points towards the end of the set, it went to tiebreak where Tsitsipas was flawless and let Dimitrov win just one point.
Take that! 💥 #Dimitrov pic.twitter.com/ZLRnFfZQSZ
— Tennis Puneet 🎾 📚 (@TennisPuneet) November 4, 2023
In the third set the Bulgarian had a difficult moment at the third game, but saved his serve and it went into tiebreak again, but this time Dimitrov was the one putting the better shots and won it 7:3.