Grigor Dimitrov   won one the hard way on Wednesday night in Acapulco.

The 2014 Acapulco champion battled from a set down and saved a pair of match point at 4-5 in the third set before pushing past Adrian Mannarino in a dominant tiebreaker to book a 6-7(8) 6-2 7-6(2) victory and a spot in the quarterfinals alongside Stan Wawrinka.



Dimitrov was in full command of the third set, leading 4-1, when he suddenly went off the boil and dropped four consecutive games. Moments later he found himself double match point down and seemingly out against the 31-year-old World No.41.

But Dimitrov fired an ace in the first match point and saved the second when Mannarino’s backhand sailed long.

He had to struggle while serving at 5-6 but battled through to force the tiebreaker and then dominated from there.

The Bulgarian even broke out a two-handed backhand to create a sensational winner for 4-0 in the breaker.

The last time @GrigorDimitrov hit a two-handed backhand winner?

Like, never! #AMT2020 pic.twitter.com/hq32brJwKe

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) February 27, 2020