{"id":457679,"date":"2023-08-31T23:30:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T19:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=457679"},"modified":"2023-08-31T23:31:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T19:31:58","slug":"dimitrov-upsets-murray-in-straight-sets-to-reach-us-open-third-round","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/dimitrov-upsets-murray-in-straight-sets-to-reach-us-open-third-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Dimitrov upsets Murray in straight sets to reach US Open third round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grigor Dimitrov breezed past Andy Murray to reach US Open third round. The Bulgarian let his opponent win just eight games in their clash, winning 6-3; 6-4; 6-1 at Arthur Ashe Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Dimitrov took control early on and got his break in the first opportunity he had. Murray managed to re-break, but lost his serve again in the eight game before Dimitrov finished the set 6-3.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;A masterclass of slice&#8221; \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>Dimitrov produces a stunner of his own against Murray in New York \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/esseHJQvEx\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/esseHJQvEx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports (@SkySports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySports\/status\/1697323435314061573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe second set started as the first finished &#8211; Murray lost his service game and Dimitrov took quick 3-1 lead. Afterwards he managed to keep Murray at bay at his games and won 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>The third set started a bit strange with three consecutive breaks, but Dimitrov switched the gears and combining his good play with Murray&#8217;s fatigue, finished the job with 6-1. In third round Alexander Zverev will meet the Bulgarian as the German defeated his fellow countryman Daniel Altmaier.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s Dimitime to Shine \u2728<\/p>\n<p>Grigor Dimitrov defeats Murray in straight sets to move into round 3 where he will face Zverev!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USOpen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#USOpen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1m90vzW0pL\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/1m90vzW0pL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tennis TV (@TennisTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TennisTV\/status\/1697325753409446351?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grigor Dimitrov breezed past Andy Murray to reach US Open third round. The Bulgarian let his opponent win just eight games in their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":457687,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17769,17570,4051],"news_category":[16714],"gn_keywords":[18110,1891,611],"acf":{"announce":"The Bulgarian will meet Alexander Zverev in the next round","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/457679"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457679"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/457679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":457689,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/457679\/revisions\/457689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457679"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=457679"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=457679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}