Sports Mole previews Wednesday’s Paris Masters second-round match between Grigor Dimitrov and Tomas Martin Etcheverry, including predictions, head-to-head and their tournament so far.
Grigor Dimitrov’s eyes will have lit up before his second-round match with Tomas Martin Etcheverry at the Paris Masters on Wednesday.
Andrey Rublev’s shock round-two exit to Francisco Cerundolo, a setback for the Russian in the race to next month’s ATP Finals, means a deep run for the Bulgarian player in Paris could aid his ambition to play in Turin.
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The race to be one of the eight players to participate in the year-end Finals intensified on Tuesday after Rublev exited at the first hurdle.
That outcome has given players like Dimitrov — 10th in the Live Rankings — hope of supplanting the player in eighth, and the Bulgarian aims to avoid an upset.
Hoping to secure a spot in the ATP Finals for the second time, the world No.10 returns to Paris after a recent loss in…