CINCINNATI: Top seed Daniil Medvedev (pix) reached the ATP and WTA Cincinnati Masters quarterfinals on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over fellow former champion Grigor Dimitrov.

The Russian world No. 2 stretched his record against the Bulgarian to 3-1. Medvedev won the Cincinnati title in 2019 while Dimitrov took the trophy at the key US Open warm-up event in 2017.