ATP1000 the Rome Masters, at Centre Court and the Grandstand Stadium, two matches are played at the same time! On the center court, Fritz played against Dimitrov, and in the second set, Dimitrov narrowly won 13-11 in the tiebreaker! The grandstand court was also the second set, and Tabilo narrowly defeated Khachanov 12-10 in the tiebreaker! Tabilo won two consecutive sets to tie-break, eliminated Khachanov 2-0, and lay down to celebrate! In the next round of the quarterfinals, Tabilo may face Chinese star Zhang Zhizhen.
Chile's left-hander Tabilo is definitely a dark horse in this tournament, defeating the world No. 1 Djokovic in the last round, facing the No. 16 seed Khachanov in this round, Tabillo continued his excellent form, and fought with Khachanov in two consecutive sets to tie-break, winning 7-5 in the first set tie-break, and winning 12-10 after saving two set points in the second set, defeating Khachanov in straight sets to advance to the quarterfinals.
In the second set between the two, the tie-break was particularly intense, with Khachanov saving match points in a row after falling behind 4-6, and Tabilo also saved several set points. This is the first time in his career that Tabilo has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Masters, and if Zhang can knock out Brazilian qualifier Monteiro in the next match, then Tabilo will compete with Zhang for a place in the last four.
At the same time, Fritz won the first set 6-2 in the match between Fritz and Dimitrov on the center court, and Dimitrov launched a counterattack in the second set, although he missed 9 set points at one point, he still saved 1 match point and pulled back a set at 13-11 in the tie-break! In the deciding set, Fritz had the last laugh, Dimitrov was a little overdrawn, Fritz broke serve several times, won the game 6-1, eliminated Dimitrov 2-1 to advance to the quarterfinals, and will face the winner between Zverev and Bojies.