Barcelona April 25 (IANS) Bulgaria s Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday qualified for the third round of Barcelona Open after defeating France s Gilles Simon 6-2 6-1.
The second seed needed an hour and 22 minutes to claim his 15th win of the 2018 ATP World Tour season reports Efe.
This is Dimitrov s first win in Barcelona where he lost his opening matches to Russia s Andrey Golubev in 2008 Argentina s Juan Monaco in 2011 and Spain s Tommy Robredo in 2013.
The world number five is set to take on Tunisia s Malek Jaziri who beat United States Ernesto Escobedo 6-4 6-3 to book a place in the tournament s quarterfinals.
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