Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, February 16, 2021 Russia's Aslan Karatsev in action during his quarter final match against Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov REUTERS/Jaimi Joy
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A back spasm left Grigor Dimitrov unable to put his socks on, let alone pull them up, on Tuesday as the struggling Bulgarian exited the Australian Open quarter-finals with a 2-6 6-4 6-1 6-2 defeat to qualifier Aslan Karatsev.
The 18th seed, who had raced through the first four rounds in Melbourne without dropping a set, took a medical timeout after losing the third set but it did little to improve the situation.
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