Tennis - Australian Open - Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia, January 22, 2018. Ukraine's Elina Svitolina celebrates winning her match against Czech Republic's Denisa Allertova. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov held his nerve to knock home favourite Nick Kyrgios out of the Australian Open in a fourth-round thriller at the Rod Laver Arena on Sunday.
Third seed Dimitrov absorbed 76 winners and struck 64 of his own to prevail 7-6(3) 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(4) and set up a quarter-final with unseeded Briton Kyle Edmund who beat Italian Andreas Seppi 6-7(4) 7-5 6-2 6-3.
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