Thiem was no match for the round of 16 against Dimitrov.

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William WEST / AFP

Without energy after his marathon in the previous round against Nick Kyrgios, Dominic Thiem was swept away in the round of 16 of the Australian Open on Sunday by Grigor Dimitrov (21st) 6-4, 6-4, 6-0 in a little more than two hours.

“It was one of those days when you had to stay focused on my game and what to do.

I saw that he was struggling, but I managed to stay focused during the three sets ”, noted the Bulgarian without showing overwhelming joy.

A quarter blue for Dimitrov

"I'm not going to be excessively humble, I'm obviously very happy to be in the quarter-finals," he said, however.

Unlike Thiem, Dimitrov had a particularly easy third round since he had benefited from the abandonment of his opponent Pablo Carreno at the start of the second set.

At 29, the Bulgarian, ex-World No. 3, will play his fourth quarter-final in Melbourne where he reached the semi-finals in 2017. He then pushed Rafael Nadal to the fifth set.

In the next round, the Bulgarian will face the Russian Aslan Karatsev (114th), from the qualifications and who is playing his first grand slam, winner of the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime (19th).

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