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Grigor Dimitrov loses against Rublev in semi-final clash at the Shanghai Masters

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Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov was eliminated in the semi-finals of the men's tennis tournament of the Masters 1000 series in Shanghai. He lost 6:7(7), 3:6 to Andrey Rublev, seeded number 5, after 1 hour and 52 minutes of playing.

Bulgaria's top tennis player reached the semi-final after winning against players like world's No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and Olympic runner-up Karen Khachanov of Russia. For qualifying for the semi-finals in Shanghai, Dimitrov will take 352,635USD of the total prize pool of $8.8 million and receive 360 points for the world ranking.



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