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 | Jurgen Melzer will be rival of Grigor of the 1/4-final3-01-2013 |
Grigor Dimitrov will face Jurgen Melzer in an attempt to reach the semifinals of the ATP tournament in Brisbane, after the experienced 31 years old Austrian deal with the resistance youngster David Gofen, beating him with 6:4 7:6 (4).
This will be the second meeting between the two, but the first ended in favor of Grigor - 7:6 (2) 6:2 in a match of the first round that was held two months ago in Paris Masters.
Grisho already secured 45 ranking points, which are expected to scale it up № 44-45 in the world and another victory will bring more as it would have approached only 1-2 places from debut in the Top 40. The match will be played on Friday, and the start time will become clear later today, when the published agenda for the next day.
Meltzer is 31 years old, currently is under № 29 in the rankings, and his career has reached to № 8. His greatest successes semi-final at Roland Garros in 2010, the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon 2011 in partnership with his future wife Iveta Benesov and winning four ATP titles and reaching seven finals, said .
Eventual success would mean the fourth semi-final of the ATP level for Grigor Dimitrov, in an attempt to become the first Bulgarian to reach the final, will face Marcos Baghdatis or traditionally inconvenient for Grigor Gilles Simon.