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Ruthless Dimitrov crushes Tiafoe to reach Wimbledon last 16 / Photo: © AFP
Ruthless Dimitrov crushes Tiafoe to reach Wimbledon last 16
Clinical Grigor Dimitrov picked up where he left off at Wimbledon on Sunday, winning the final five games of his third-round match to oust 10th seed Frances Tiafoe.
Rain forced the suspension of the contest on Saturday with Tiafoe 2-1 up in the third set after Bulgaria's Dimitrov had won the first two sets.
Tiafoe needed to make early in-roads but Dimitrov broke in the fifth game and lost just three more points as he wrapped up a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in style.
The 32-year-old outhit the American by 33 winners to 14, did not face a break point and converted five from nine of his own on his way route to an impressive 99-minute win.
Dimitrov, who reached the Wimbledon semi-finals in 2014, is looking to snap a title drought dating back to his triumph at the 2017 ATP Finals, a result that meant he finished the third in the year-end rankings.
He will face sixth seed Holger Rune in the quarter-finals on Monday at the All England Club.
L. de Freitas--JDB
