The best season of Grigor Dimitrov's career continued on Sunday with the biggest title of his life. The 26-year-old Bulgarian beat Aussie Nick Kyrgios 6-3, 7-5 to win the Western & Southern Open title in Cincinnati, his third ATP World Tour crown of the year and first at the Masters 1000 level in his career. Dimitrov matches a career-high with his third title of the season. He also claimed three crowns in 2014, winning The Queen's Club, Bucharest and Acapulco. “I'm just happy. There's nothing else I can say, honestly. I'm just happy and I'm humbled to have that trophy in my hands, and especially to win here, my first Masters 1000. It's just amazing. I always like this tournament....
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut captured their second straight ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title in dramatic fashion on Sunday at the Western & Southern Open. The Frenchmen celebrated a 7-6(6) 6-4 victory over Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares, as Herbert lunged for a stunning return that landed just inside the tramline for the lone break of the match. Herbert and Mahut, who lifted the Coupe Rogers trophy just one week ago, extend their win streak to eight in a row with the win in Cincinnati. It marks the second straight year in which a team has completed the Canada-Cincinnati double, following Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo in 2016. "We're having a good run," said Herbert. "It's our second straight...
Grigor Dimitrov and Alexander Zverev, ATP World Tour Masters 1000 champions respectively in Cincinnati and Montreal, finished on top in the Summer Masters Golden Hot Shot poll. Dimitrov’s dive volley against Yuichi Sugita in the quarter-finals of the Western & Southern Open was selected by fans as the clear winner of the poll, finishing with 52 per cent of votes cast over a five-day period. Meanwhile, Zverev’s match point save in a 49-shot rally against Richard Gasquet in the Coupe Rogers second round received 18 per cent of votes. View Complete Results For Golden Hot Shot Re-live nine great hot shots from the season’s ATP World Tour Masters 1000 summer tournaments: Subscribe to our Hot Shot playlist, and watch...
View FedEx ATP Head2Head matchups for the Western & Southern Open final and vote for who you think will win! Kyrgios vs. Dimitrov [POLL]46462[/POLL] No. 7 seed Grigor Dimitrov and unseeded Nick Kyrgios will meet at the Western & Southern Open on Sunday in the biggest final of their respective careers. Not since Guillermo Canas defeated Andy Roddick at 2002 Toronto have two first-time ATP Masters 1000 finalists met for an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title. The Bulgarian and Aussie are also contesting the first Masters 1000, Nitto ATP Finals or Grand Slam championship match between players born in the 1990s. Dimitrov lost three Masters 1000 and two Grand Slam semi-finals before breaking through Saturday with a 7-6(4), 7-6(10)...
Watch highlights of Nick Kyrgios and Grigor Dimitrov reaching the Western & Southern Open final in Cincinnati on Saturday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Getty Images photo.
