Grigor Dimitrov storms into Open last 16

Grigor Dimitrov might finally be living up to the hype.

The Bulgarian world No.15 has stormed into the Australian Open fourth round with a dominant win over Frenchman Richard Gasquet.

Dimitrov booked his place in the final 16 with a 6-3 6-2 6-4 victory over the veteran Frenchman and was rarely troubled.

The win took him a tick over two hours and after taking out the Brisbane title was his eighth straight win of 2017.

In the three sets Dimitrov blasted an astonishing 48 winners, while making just 26 unforced errors as he overpowered Gasquet, who was continually forced deep behind the baseline throughout the match.

Dimitrov will next face unseeded Uzbek Denis Istomin in the fourth round.

Istomin has taken out consecutive seeds, first beating world No.2 Novak Djokovic in five sets and then 30th-seeded Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 6-4 4-6 6-4 4-6 6-2.

Should Dimitrov get through that match he would face either Austrian eighth seed Dominic Thiem or 11th-seeded Belgian David Goffin.

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