Dimitrov sends Lodra packing in Paris
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E-mail Shanghai Daily, October 30, 2013
Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov continued his rich vein of form yesterday as he marched into the second round of the Paris Masters with a three-set win over Frenchman Michael Lodra.
The lanky 22-year-old lost the opening set in a tie-break before taking control and setting up a meeting against Italian 16th seed Fabio Fognini with a 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-3 victory.
The highly touted Dimitrov picked up his first ATP win last weekend in Stockholm and continues to impress since taking on Leyton Hewitt's former coach Roger Rasheed.
His win in Sweden was the first for a Bulgarian in the Open era and this result took his record for the season on indoor surfaces to 13-3.
Lodra meanwhile became the fifth Frenchman to be ousted.
Earlier, Poland's Michal Przysiezny broke his duck against veteran Jarkko Nieminen by defeating the Finn for the first time in four meetings 6-3, 7-6 (8/6).
There was more bad news for French fans when two-time finalist Gael Monfils pulled out of the tournament on the eve of his first round match against Canadian Vasek Pospisil.
World No. 32 Pospisil then lost to Pablo Andujar of Spain 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
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