Wimbledon: Dimitrov makes last 16 for fifth time after collecting 100th Grand Slam match victory
Grigor Dimitrov won against Sebastian Ofner 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 on Saturday afternoon. He’ll face Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, in the next round
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Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 19 seed, moved into the last 16 of Wimbledon by winning against Austrian Sebastian Ofner 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Saturday afternoon.
The former world No 3 collected his 100th Grand Slam victory – his 25th at the grass-court Grand Slam.
With 14 aces and a hugely-impressive 80% win-rate during his first-serve points, finishing the match with a dominant tiebreak showing.
Dimitrov has now reached five fourth rounds at Wimbledon, including at the last three editions, reaching that stage at 16 events, overall, this season.
Ahead of his victory, the 34-year-old Bulgarian beat Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (6-2, 6-3, 6-4) and edged out Frenchman Corentin Moutet (7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5).
Ofner, ranked No 165, benefited from the abandonment of Serb Hamad Medjedovic (7-6 (8), 3-1) and edged out American Tommy Paul, the No 13 seed (1-6, 7-5, 6-4, 7-5) earlier in the tournament.
London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 53.500.000, most recent results first):
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Novak Djokovic
- Ben Shelton vs. Marton Fucsovics
- Marin Cilic vs. Jaume Munar: saturday
- Alex De Minaur vs. August Holmgren: saturday
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Lorenzo Sonego: saturday
- Jannik Sinner beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
- Flavio Cobolli (22) beat Jakub Mensik (15): 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Karen Khachanov (17) beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (6), 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8)
- Nicolas Jarry (Q) beat Joao Fonseca: 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4)
- Kamil Majchrzak beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6)
- Jordan Thompson beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Cameron Norrie beat Mattia Bellucci: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (14) beat Adrian Mannarino (Q): 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
- Taylor Fritz (5) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (26): 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1
