TIL Desk Sports/ Rafael Nadal continued his quest for a maiden Paris Masters title with a no-nonsense 6-4, 6-4 victory against old foe Stanislas Wawrinka to reach the quarter-finals on Thursday. The Spaniard, who will take over as world number one from Novak Djokovic on Monday, converted two of three break chances to claim his 19th win in 22 encounters against the Swiss.
The 19-time Grand Slam champion will next face local favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who beat German Jan-Lennard Struff 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(6), making the most of his wildcard status in Paris. Fifth seed Dominic Thiem was beaten 6-3, 6-2 by Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, who will play in his first quarter-final at a Masters event since Canada 2018.
Dimitrov, who had been struggling since reaching the US Open semi-finals, played brilliantly throughout, taking advantage of Thiem’s fading condition after the Austrian won the title in Vienna last Sunday. Dimitrov next takes on Chile’s Cristian Garin, who beat local favourite Jeremy Chardy 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(6). Sixth-seed German Alexander Zverev also went as he lost 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 to Shapovalov.
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