Grigor Dimitrov in action in his second round match at Queen's. Picture: Andrew Cowie Source: ANDREW COWIE / AFP
GRIGOR Dimitrov underlined surging Wimbledon title claims with a straight-sets AEGON Championships destruction of Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka.
The youngest player in the world's top 20, at 23, Dimitrov banished tournament top seed Wawrinka 6-2 6-3 to reach his first grasscourt final.
Coached by South Australian Roger Rasheed, the Bulgarian was far too accomplished for world No 3 Wawrinka, who capped an unhappy match by leaving centre court with a quiver of mangled racquets.
Dimitrov had never beaten Wawrinka but he corrected that statistical anomaly in only 61 minutes with nine aces and only two double faults.
Dimitrov will tonight face either Spaniard Feliciano Lopez or Czech veteran Radek Stepanek in the final.
Wawrinka had not lost serve for the first time in the championship until the fifth game of the semi-final when he rolled his right ankle on a court left slippery by heavy rain.
Once ahead, Dimitrov maintained impressive rhythm to hold off an increasingly desperate Wawrinka.
Since joining forces with Rasheed, one of the sport's most disclipined characters, Dimitrov has won titles in Acapulco and Bucharest.
Technically superior and now much fitter, Dimitrov is predicted by many to soon break through at the highest level.
Once famed for basing his game on Roger Federer's to the point where he was dubbed "Baby Fed" and now squiring Maria Sharapova, Dimitrov has improved markedly under Rasheed.
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