Paris, France (SportsNetwork.com) - Surging Scot Andy Murray was an easy third-round winner Thursday at the $3.7 million Paris Masters.
The eighth-seeded former world No. 2 star humbled ninth-seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 6-3 in 69 minutes on the indoor hardcourts at Paris' Palais Omnisports.
"I made it very difficult for Grigor," said Murray. "I hardly made any mistakes at all throughout the match."
The win cemented Murray's spot in the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London in two weeks.
He could face world No. 1 star Novak Djokovic on Friday.
Murray is fresh off his title in Valencia, has won two straight and three of his last five tournaments overall, and riding an 11-match winning streak.
A Day 4 upset came when 14th-seeded South African Kevin Anderson took out third-seeded Australian Open champ Stan Wawrinka 6-7 (2-7), 7-5, 7-6 (7-3).
The 6-foot-8 Anderson will face 2005 Paris Masters titlist Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals.
Four other stars avoided upsets, as fourth-seeded David Ferrer drilled fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-1, 6-2; a fifth-seeded Berdych handled 12th- seeded Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 7-5, 6-3; sixth-seeded U.S. Open runner-up Kei Nishikori held off 10th-seeded French favorite and former Paris Masters champion and former runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1, 4-6, 6-4; and seventh- seeded Milos Raonic tackled 11th seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain 7-5, 7-6 (9-7).
Ferrer titled here two years ago and was last year's Paris Masters runner- up to the two-time titlist Djokovic. The Spaniard's quarterfinal opponent will be Nishikori.
This marks the final tournament of the regular season on the ATP World Tour.