Cincinnati Masters Tennis LIVE: Dimitrov vs Shapovalov LIVE – Grigor Dimitrov, who is the 16th seed at the Cincinnati Masters will take on Denis Shapovalov in the first round at the Cincinnati Masters on Monday. While Dimitrov is entering the tournament after a second round defeat at Canadian Open, Dimitrov is winless since his first round victory at Wimbledon against Arthur Rinderknech. The match is scheduled to begin at 5.45 am IST. Follow Western & Southern Open LIVE on InsideSport.IN
Cincinnati Masters Tennis LIVE: Grigor Dimitrov faces Denis Shapovalov in Cincinnati Masters opener – Follow Dimitrov vs Shapovalov LIVE updates
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- Denis Shapovalov started the year at the Australian Open, where he faced quarterfinal defeat to Rafael Nadal after fighting hard in a five-setter.
- He also made another quarterfinal appearance Qatar Open and his best-ever finish this season on hard courts came at the Dubai Tennis Championships, where he reached the semifinal and lost to Jiri Vesely in a three-setter.
- He started the clay court season at the Madrid Open with a second round defeat. His best performance on clay court was a quarterfinal appearance at Italian Open, where he lost to Casper Ruud in straight sets.
- At the French Open, he faced a humiliating first round defeat against unseeded Holger Rune in straight sets.
- He started the grass court season with three consecutive first round losses at Stuttgart Open, Quenn’s Club and Mallorca Open.
- At Wimbledon he was ousted from the second round after losing to Brandon Nakashima in a four-setter.
- He enters Cincinnati Open on a poor form having faced first round defeats at Citi Open and Canadian Open.
- Grigor Dimitrov began the season at Melbourne Open where he reached the semifinal and lost to Maxime Cressy in straight sets.
- At the Austraian Open, he lost in the second round against unseeded Benoit Paire in four sets. At the Delray Beach Open and Indian Wells Masters he couldn’t go past the quarterfinal.
- He started the clay court season by reaching the semifinal at Monte Carlo Masters, where he lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in three sets.
- He failed to go past the third round in all the other clay court tournaments that includes the French Open.
- He started the grass court season with a second round exit at the Quenn’s Club Championships. He then entered the Wimbledon but had to withdraw from the first round after suffering a leg injury.
- He made a comeback at the Citi Open, where he was ousted in the second round by Sebastian Korda. At the Canadian Open too, he faced second round defeat by losing in straight sets to Alex de Minaur.
Dimitrov vs Shapovalov Head-to-Head: The upcoming contest will be the fourth time both these players will be facing each other. Dimitrov leads the head-to-head record 2-1. They last met in the year 2020 at the ATP Masters 1000 in Rome. Shapovalov emerged as the victor in that contest after defeating Dimitrov 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Shapovalov is enduring a poor form at the monet and Dimitrov, who is a ormer Cincinnati Masters Champion will enter the upcoming contest as the favourite.
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Cincinnati Masters Tennis LIVE: Grigor Dimitrov faces Denis Shapovalov in Cincinnati Masters opener – Follow Dimitrov vs Shapovalov LIVE updates
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