Tennis - Inspiration runs dry for jaded Dimitrov


  • Tennis
  • Tuesday, 23 Jan 2018

Tennis - Australian Open - Quarterfinals - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia, January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov returned to the well in search of inspiration but found it dry as a bone as his Australian Open hopes were ended by British firebrand Kyle Edmund on Tuesday.

After some patchy form in the opening rounds Dimitrov hit top form to beat home hope Nick Kyrgios in the last 16, fuelling hopes of a first grand slam final appearance.

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