Grigor Dimitrov needed a single break for each set to beat Stan Wawrinka 6-4 6-4 in the third round to get through to his second consecutive Masters 1000 quarter finals at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati after reaching this stage in Toronto.
Wawrinka earned a break point at 4-3 as Dimitrov made two unforced errors. The first set went on serve until the ninth game when Dimitrov converted his second break point to take a 5-4 lead. The Bulgarian player served out for the first set in the 10th game at deuce to clinch the first set 6-4.
Both players traded their service holds until the seventh game when Dimitrov broke serve on his only break point to take a 4-3 lead. He held his serve to love to wrap up the match. Dimitrov dropped just three points on serve.
Wawrinka did not earn a single break point in the whole match.
Dimitrov now leads 4-2 in his head-to-head matches against Wawrinka. The Swiss player won their first two clashes in three sets, but Dimitrov prevailed in their last previous three matches in the 2014 Queen’s semifinal, in Monte-Carlo Round of 16 in straight sets in 2015 and in Madrid Round of 16 in 2015.
In the quarter finals Dimitrov will face the winner of the third-round match between Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Steve Johnson
