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Dimitrov will next face Dusan Lajovic after the World No. 48 won the all-Serbian battle against Filip Krajinovic 6-2, 7-6(4) in one hour and 45 minutes. Lajovic has played his best tennis at the Masters 1000 event in the past, reaching his only final at this level in 2019.

In other action, Serbian qualifier Dusan Lajovic shocked fifth seed Casper Ruud 7-6(7), 2-6, 6-4 to earn consecutive main-draw wins at a tournament for the first time since Toronto last August.

The World No. 77, who reached the last eight in Madrid in 2018, saved one set point on Ruud’s serve at 6/7 in the first-set tie-break, eventually triumphing after two hours and 19 minutes.

The 31-year-old will next meet Pole Hubert Hurkacz or Monte Carlo finalist Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.