Grigor Dimitrov lost 3-6, 6-3, 4-6 to 19-year-old Czech Jakub Mensik in the semi-finals in Shanghai. The match lasted two hours and five minutes. Mensik will meet Novak Djokovic, who beat Roman Safiullin 6-3, 6-2, in the quarter-finals.
Next week, Dimitrov will compete in his most successful tournament to date, the ATP 250 Stockholm Indoor. In the Swedish capital, Grigor won his first title in 2013 and reached two other finals.