Roger Federer could not at the insistence of Dimitrov in the quarterfinals

Roger Federer fell on Tuesday before a Grigor Dimitrov confident and determined, I managed to move to the semifinals of US Open In a disputed match I find five sets that lasted more than 3 hours and ended in 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 and 6-2.

He started strongly the number 3 in the world before Dimitrov, number 78 of the official classification, and in just six minutes he managed to sign up the first three sets.

Except some parallel revs that exceeded Federer, Dimitrov He was subjected in the first round by the dominance of the racket of the five-time US Open champion, who closed the first set with a blank game.

Already in the second, the Blgaro, number 78 of the ATP, gain confidence and defend effectively from network uploads of Federer, throwing powerful balls that passed to his opponent decisively and that led him to sign up two games of advantage and finally get the second sleeve.

An extraordinary fact, since in the seven times that Dimitrov has faced Federer previously, the Blgaro never managed to overcome him, and in fact he had only been able to snatch a set in two games played in Australia in 2016, both on the hard surface.

One of the examples of the good game of Dimitrov that decoló at number 3 of the world was a 0-40 against him in the fifth game of the third set that the Blgaro could recover by signing up five points in a row.

Even though Federer he got the third set comfortably, the Swiss passed the fourth sleeve running from one side of the track to the other, chasing the accurate open-angle shots he was throwing at him Dimitrov from the bottom line.

Thus, the delivered New York public saw in the stadium Arthur Ashe yet Federer to go up to the net as soon as he had the opportunity to attack his rival, especially in the last two sets, but what he earned with his courage he lost with his unforced errors, 61 in total, which made him lose the fourth round.

It was at that time when the Swiss went to the bathroom and disappeared for several minutes, also running out of the time granted for medical assistance, while Dimitrov Run only from one side of the track to the other to keep your muscles from getting cold.

In the fifth set, Federer He seemed to have lost his rhythm completely, and he delivered the last manga to the Blgaro in just over half an hour.

Dimitrov, who will face the Russian in the semifinals Daniil Medvedev, No. 5 in the world, he is the lowest-ranking ATP tennis player to sneak into the semifinal of a Grand slam from Rainer Schuettler at the Wimbledon 2008.

"At the beginning I was somewhat nervous, trying to find my rhythm," he said. Dimitrov minutes after the meeting, he said his only goal was to "stay in the game."

He further affirmed that his tactic was to try to remain on the track "as long as possible", and admitted that Federer "towards the end it was definitely not 100%."