ATP/WTA wrap: Dimitrov, Delpo win in Stockholm

Top seed Grigor Dimitrov headlined a perfect day for the seeds in Stockholm on which all eight seeds cemented quarterfinal places.

Dimitrov will now meet No.5 seed Mischa Zverev after dismissing former top 15 star Jerzy Janowicz – who qualified in Stockholm this week – in two tight sets.

“He’s a super-talented player, especially indoors,” Dimitrov said of Janowicz.

“He served unbelievable, so I was struggling quite a bit to find my way around the return area but each game I just really had to stay positive, stay pumped and I just really had to focus on my game because I couldn’t afford myself to be negative or to have a loose point.”

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Juan Martin del Potro also advanced, beating Jan-Lennard Struff 6-2 7-6(6).

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Second seed Kevin Anderson was a 6-3 6-2 winner over Hyeon Chung and will in the last eight tackle eighth seed Fernando Verdasco.

WTA Luxembourg: Puig continues renaissance

Monica Puig won through to her first semifinal since February with a topsy-turvy victory over Brit Naomi Broady in Luxembourg.

The Olympic champion won 6-0 5-7 6-1 to advance to the last four at a WTA for just the second time in 2017.

She’ll play Elise Mertens for a place in the final; Mertens overcame another Brit, Heather Watson, 6-4 6-4.

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“[Puig] is a very good player,” Mertens told wtatennis.com. “She plays very aggressive, comes into the court. I have to play aggressive too, and stay on my baseline, and just try to make it.”

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In the other semifinal, German Carina Witthoeft – who thrashed second seed Kiki Bertens 6-1 6-2 in 57 minutes – will face qualifier Pauline Parmentier.

ATP Antwerp: Goffin, Tsonga advance

Top two seeds David Goffin and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga moved through to the quarterfinals of the European Open after straight-sets wins on Thursday.

Goffin delighted home fans with a 7-6(1) 6-2 victory over American young gun Frances Tiafoe, while Tsonga, playing for the first time in a month, brushed aside fellow Frenchman Kenny De Schepper 6-4 6-3.

Also advancing to the last eight were No.4 seed Diego Schwartzman, fifth seed David Ferrer, and qualifier Stefanos Tsitsipas, who got past an injured Ivo Karlovic.

Moscow: Bublik into quarters, Kasatkina wins

At the combined ATP/WTA Kremlin Cup, local stars Alexander Bublik and Daria Kasatkina progressed at their home tournament.

Bublik, a lucky loser, overcame second seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas 4-6 7-5 6-2 and was joined in the quarters by another young Russian Daniil Medvedev.

Medvedev stunned No.1 seed Pablo Carreno Busta in straight sets to keep alive his hopes of qualifying for the ATP Next Gen Finals in Milan.

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In the women’s event, Daria Kasatkina sealed a place in the semifinals with a 6-4 6-3 win over Aliaksandra Sasnovich.

She’ll next face Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu, who ended the run of Belarusian qualifier Vera Lapko.

In the other semifinal, No.7 seed Julia Goerges will face Natalia Vikhlyantseva, who overcame Alize Cornet in a three-hour battle.