David Goffin

SHANGHAI - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic is through to the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters after a 6-7 (4-7), 6-1, 6-3 victory over Czech Jakub Mensik on Friday.

Djokovic, who won after two hours and 20 minutes of play, will next face American Taylor Fritz, who defeated Belgian David Goffin 6-3, 6-4 earlier in the day.

Turkey's Mediterranean resort city of Antalya, which is among the world's foremost tourism destinations, has recently hosted three world-class tennis tournaments.

The city, which is famous for its history, natural wonders and beaches, recently started making a name for itself in sport tourism.

The Antalya Open, the first Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament of 2021 to be held in the Mediterranean province of Antalya, will start on Jan. 5 and will continue until Jan. 13.

World No. 10 Matteo Berrettini will lead three top 20 players at the event, one of two tournaments set to take place in week 1 of the 2021 ATP Tour calendar.

Grigor Dimitrov returned to the world top 20! Novak Djokovic continues to hold the first place.

Here are the ATP Rankings (singles), as of 2 March 2020:

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB)

2. Rafael Nadal (ESP)

3. Dominic Thiem (AUT)

4. Roger Federer (SUI)

5. Daniil Medvedev (RUS)

6. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)

7. Alexander Zverev (GER)

World No 1 will play against Roberto Bautista-Agut, who had beaten Guido Pella in four sets.
Serb had played a great match against the Belgian, who appeared to get lost on the court in the second and third set.
Novak performed best on this year's tournament, so the issue of winner has never brought into question.

Staged at the Arena Armeec Sofia, the ATP 250 event in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia has been in the calendar since 2016, with Roberto Bautista Agut, Grigor Dimitrov and Mirza Basic lifting the trophy in the first three editions. As was expected, Grigor Dimitrov was in the spotlight every year there, playing or not, as by far the most accomplished Bulgarian male player ever an

Grigor Dimitrov kept his place among the top 10 tennis players in the world rankings, although he dropped off in the first round of his debut at the ATP 500 in Vienna. The Bulgarian has an asset of 3335 points, and this week he will play at the Masters in Paris, according to bTV.

Bulgarian fourth seed Grigor Dimitrov reached his first Monte Carlo Masters semi-final with a hard-fought win over Belgium's David Goffin.

Dimitrov, 26, won 6-4 7-6 (7-5) against sixth seed Goffin, who was leading 5-1 in the second set.

Spain's world number one Rafael Nadal takes on Austrian third seed Dominic Thiem with the winner playing Dimitrov.

Grigor Dimitrov qualified for the 1/4-finals of the Masters series in Monte Carlo (€ 4.87 million). In the third round of the Clay race, the Bulgarian overcame Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) with 4:6, 6:3, 6:4 after nearly two and a half hours of Cort de Paris.

Dimitrov's rival on the 1/4-finals will be his pairing partner David Goffin.

Alexander Zverev and Grigor Dimitrov both recovered from slow starts to book their places in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday.

Third seed Zverev was a set down against Giles Muller before recovering strongly in the second and third sets for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory.