Timmy T Maranda
Isihlabani saseNingizimu Afrika kuthenesi uLloyd Harris udumaze abaningi ngenkathi ehlula, onesipiliyoni uGrigor Dimitrov wase-Bulgaria kwi-Mutua Madrid Open.
UHarris odlalisa komakadebona bethenisi, udlulela emzuliswaneni wesibili walo mcimbi we-ATP Masters.
Unqobe i-tie-break 7-6, elwa kusukela ku-2-3 ukuya phansi.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engama-24 ubudala ube nonyaka umuhle kuze kube manje, okwenze kwaba ngumjaho ka-4-0 uma kuqhathaniswa nama-seeds aphezulu angama-20.
UHarris unqobe isethi yokuqala engu-6-3, wabe esehlulwa owesibili ngo-3-6 ngemuva kokuthatha isikhathi sokuphumula ngenxa yezinhlungu ebezisezansi nomhlane. ezisezingeni eliphansi. Kwathi lapho kubaluleke kakhulu, wabhekisa ikhanda lakhe phansi wanqoba okwesithathu ngo-7-6.
UHarris uvumile ukuthi bekuwumdlalo onzima.
“UGrigor ungumdlali onzima kakhulu futhi akakuniki okuningi,” kusho uHarris.
Ngokulandelayo, ubhekene no-24 de u-Alex de Minaur, oqhamuka e-Australia, emzuliswaneni wesibili we-Madrid Open ngoLwesibili.
Lo mdlali wase-Cape Town uphinde wahlaba umxhwele kwi-Miami Open ekuqaleni konyaka, lapho athola khona ukunqoba kwakhe kokuqala ku-ATP 1000 Masters Open ebhekene no-Emilio Nava, ngaphambi kokulimala okwamphoqa ukuthi aphume.
Ifomu lakhe eliphakeme futhi limbone efinyelela kowamanqamu we-Dubai Championship yakamuva lapho ahlulwe khona ngu-Aslan Karatsev wase-Russia, umdlalo owamenza wakhuphuka waba sezingeni eliphezulu.
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