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ATP Queen’s: Dimitrov wins with Sharapova watching

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TENNIS ATP Queen’s – Grigor Dimitrov advanced to the third round of the AEGON Championships at Queen’s club, after defeating British wildcard James Ward 7-5 6-3 under the eyes of girlfriend and French Open champion Maria Sharapova. Form London Giulio Gasparin

Grigor Dimitrov advanced to the third round of the AEGON Championships at Queen’s club, after defeating British wildcard James Ward 7-5 6-3 under the eyes of girlfriend and French Open champion Maria Sharapova.

The world number 13 was looking to put his first round loss at Roland Garros behind and his campaign on grass could not start any better.

The Bulgarian faced a strong opposition from his Londoner opponent, as Ward hold his nerves and serve until the very last game of the first set.

The second set went much faster and despite a small reaction from the English player, Dimitrov looked in full control and eventually closed with ease.

His serve worked almost perfectly, despite the five double faults, and with the games passing his return became more incisive.

On 6-5 for the Bulgarian, Ward had two points to force the set to a tiebreak, but nerves and a more aggressive opponent turned the situation around. Dimitrov took the next four points and closed the set.

Ward fought like a lion for the whole match, but once the fourth seed had conquered the first set, the gap in rankings between the two became more visible.

In the fourth game of the second set, the Bulgarian found the point of the match to break the English man. After slipping on a running forehand, Dimitrov got back on his feet and despite the clever wrong-footer of Ward, he found a spectacular down-the-line winner.

The crowd’s favourite tried a reaction, but the Bugarian closed few games later.

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