“Grigor had hit a little bit of an unconventional return. I hit a good second serve and yeah, I was just trying to get to the ball and I slid,” Hurkacz later said. “My coach told me after the match – because I was just sliding and I didn’t feel anything – but my coach told me that I touched the net at the end. So yeah, just a bit unfortunate.
“I couldn’t feel anything because I was just sliding, so I wanted to see a replay. But anyway, I tried to move on and keep playing, but Grigor came up with some good shots.” Although he was denied a video review, Hurkacz admitted that it was irrelevant in his case.
He added: “Well anyway, the umpire was right, so it doesn’t matter.” Dimitrov will now move into the quarter-final to face Carlos Alcaraz. It’s the first time the Bulgarian has reached the last eight in Miami. As a result, he has now made it to at least the quarter-finals of all nine Masters 1000 events on the ATP Tour.
