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Cincinnati Masters: Gregor Dimitrov, Garbine Muguruza lift maiden title

Muguruza also denied Simona Halep a chance to climb up to No. 1 in the WTA rankings.

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Grigor Dimitrov and Garbine ​Muguruza overcame their opponents to lift their maiden ATP Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati on Monday.

Bulgaria's Dimitrov continued to perform at his menacing best as he trounced Australian player Nick Kyrgios in straight sets to lift the 2017 Western and Southern Open trophy. 

The seventh-seed, who was playing his first final in Cincinnati, dominated throughout the match even as he posted a comfortable 6-3, 7-5 win over Kyrgios in the men's singles clash that lasted for an hour and 25 minutes.

"I'm just happy. There's nothing else I can say, honestly. I'm just happy and I'm humbled to have that trophy in my hands, and especially to win here, my first Masters 1000. It's just amazing. I always like this tournament. I have played it quite a few times and always thought this can be, maybe one of the first ones, and it is the first one," said Dimitrov after the win.

It is Dimitrov's third ATP World Tour crown of the year and first at the Masters 1000 level of his career.

Prior to this, Dimitrov has won his only previous meeting against Kyrgios, taking out the 22-year-old in a third-set tiebreak at Indian Wells in 2015.

En route to the finals, the 26-year-old, who lost in the last year's semifinal to eventual champion Marin Cilic, defeated John Isner 7-6 (4), 7-6 (10) in the first men's last-four encounter .

It should be noted that Dimitrov started this year nearly perfectly on hard courts, going 16-1 en route to the Australian Open semi-finals and titles in Brisbane and Sofia.

Meanwhile, in the women's singles event, Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza added another title to her breakthrough summer as she defeated Romania's Simona Halep in straight sets to win Cincinnati Masters.

The Spanish fourth seed took just 56 minutes to ease past Halep 6-1, 6-0 for her first Western & Southern Open title.

With the win, Muguruza also denied Halep yet another chance to climb up to No. 1 in the WTA rankings.

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