FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Australian Open - Third Round - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 24, 2020 - Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut reacts during the match against Croatia’s Marin Cilic. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
(Reuters) - Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov edged out Canadian eighth seed Denis Shapovalov 6-3 7-6(3) in a scrappy first round encounter at the Rotterdam Open on Monday.
The world number 22 admitted he never hit top gear but that did not stop him from setting up a last 16 meeting with either Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime and Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff.
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