Sleepless night in store for rueful Dimitrov


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 05 Jul 2014

Jul 4, 2014; London, United Kingdom; Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) falls during his match against Novak Djokovic (SRB) on day 11 of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn and Tennis Club. Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports

LONDON (Reuters) - Grigor Dimitrov expects to suffer a sleepless night after squandering four set points to level his Wimbledon semi-final against top seed Novak Djokovic before eventually taking his leave of the venerable tournament on Friday.

Trailing by two sets to one, the Bulgarian 11th seed looked to have the Serb on the back foot in the fourth, but Djokovic held his nerve to save a set point in the ninth game and three more in the tiebreak before sealing a 6-4 3-6 7-6(2) 7-6(7) victory.

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