Grigor Dimitrov Overcomes Poor Start to Advance to the 3rd Round at Australian Open

No 105 Korean Hyeon Chung outplayed Grigor Dimitrov in the first set of the second round in Melbourne and took the set 6-1 within 28 minutes. But the more experienced Grigor Dimitrov restored the order to win 1-6 6-4 6-4 6-4.

“That first set, he definitely played lights-out,” Dimitrov said. “I had to be respectful of that, and I was. But as soon as the second set started, I felt confident.”

In the next round Grigor Dimitrov will face a touch opponent - the Frenchman Richard Guasquet, No 18. The result of the matches played so far does not look good for Grigor, Guasquet won 5 while Dimitrov won only the last clash at Shanghai Masters in October 2016.

If Grigor succeeds against Gasquet, he would avoid a match against No 2 Djokovic as the Uzbek player Denis Istomin ousted him in the second round, so the possible opponent of Dimitrov in the 4th round is the winner of Istomin - Carreno Busta match.