Just realised that this makes Dimitrov the new world no. 4. Thoroughly deserved, given Cilic's total failure to beat top opposition this week and Thiem's spectacular nosedive in the last, what is it, 5 tournaments?
If he reaches the final it would be world no. 3, so fingers crossed for that. Seeing himself get nudged down the ranking might give some extra motivation to Zverev for next season.
such mechanical strokes are a complete shambles for the top 8 almost as bad
as Gaudio making the final 8 many moons ago but at least Gaudio had real
competition in that year unlike this shambles the late part of 2017 has been.