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Grigor Dimitrov wins against Lucas Pouille in Beijing

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Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has qualified for the quarterfinals of the tournament in Beijing. This happened after a 2:1 victory against Frenchman Lucas Pouille. The Bulgarian was 2 points away from a defeat after in the second part Pouille served for the match and the score was 30:15. Grigor, however, managed to reach 6:6 games; to win the tiebreak and subsequently to win the third set 6:4. The game lasted for two hours and 25 minutes and this was the second victory for Dimitrov against Pouille after a total of two matches played between them.



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