site.btaGrigor Dimitrov Defeats Sebastian Ofner in Straight Sets to Reach Milestone 100th Grand Slam Win

Grigor Dimitrov beat Austria's Sebastian Ofner 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(0) in the third round of Wimbledon, claiming his 100th career victory at a Grand Slam tournament. In the fourth round, the Bulgarian will face world No. 1 Jannik Sinner.

With the win, Dimitrov secured GBP 240,000 in prize money and earned 180 ATP ranking points.

The match was interrupted several times due to rain in London, but Dimitrov remained unfazed. Backed by a large portion of the crowd, the world No. 21 scored key breaks in the fourth game of the first set and the third game of the second set, while holding his serve flawlessly.

The third set proved far more competitive, with both players exchanging early breaks. The set went to a tiebreak, where Dimitrov was dominant, winning five unanswered points, the last of which came with a blistering backhand into the corner. Ofner then hit long after a serve from Dimitrov to hand him the sixth point, and the Bulgarian sealed the tiebreak with his 15th ace of the match.

Excluding the rain delays, the match on Court 3 lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes. Dimitrov finished with 34 winners and just 13 unforced errors.

In the next round, Dimitrov will meet top seed Jannik Sinner, who cruised past an injured Pedro Martinez of Spain 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 on Centre Court. It was Sinner's third straight-set victory in the tournament so far, having dropped just 17 games in total.

Sinner leads the head-to-head with four wins in five meetings against Dimitrov. However, the two have never faced each other on grass. Last year, the Italian defeated Dimitrov at Roland-Garros and again in the final of the Miami Masters.