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During his success at the 2009 ABN AMRO in Rotterdam, Dimitrov and Peter Lundgren met the former coach of Marat Safin and Roger Federer. Since, Lundgren has been the Bulgarian's mentor, and he maintains "he is better than Federer was at his age"
Bulgaria's top-ranked tennis player sets up rematch against Frenchman Gilles Simon, whom he came close to beating in Marseille in February.
Grigor Dimitrov loses match against Denis Istomin, fails to repeat winning form of previous two tournaments.
Grigor Dimitrov's brilliant performance won him the respect of the crowd despite losing to Gilles Simon
Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov was two break points away from winning against world number one Rafael Nadal
World number one Rafael Nadal advanced to the second round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, where he will face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov
Bulgaria’s best male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov had a fabulous start in the first of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament and is now waiting for world number one and current Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal in the second round
Bulgaria's bright new hope could face Nadal. Britain's Andy Murray will play but Djokovic pulls out.
Bulgarian tennis players Grigor Dimitrov and Todor Enev won the men's doubles event at the US F2 Futures tennis tournament, taking place in Hollywood, Florida, from January 19 to 25 2009. Dimitrov and Enev champed the final with a straight two-set victory (6-1, 6-2), thus winning the clay tournament, which has a prize money of US$10 000. In the singles event, the win went to Serbia's Nikola Ćirić.
The world's top-ranked male tennis player Rafael Nadal will play against Belgium's Christophe Rochus, ranked 75th in the ATP standings, in the first round of the Australian Open that starts on January 19 2009. The drawing ceremony held on January 16 2009 sent world number two Roger Federer to play Italy's Andreas Seppi, ranked 34th.
For the first time in Bulgaria's tennis history, the country will host a tournament part of the ATP Challenger Series. It is scheduled for April 18-26 2009, the main sponsor of the event Zagorka brewery told a November 17 2008 news conference in Sofia. The event will have 85 000 euro in prize money and will be co-organised by Levski tennis club in Sofia and Zagorka. Zagorka has been sponsoring tennis tournaments from the Futures Series for the past 13 years in Bulgaria and now the company has decided to take its sponsorship a step further.
Serbian Jelena Jankovic, who regained her position as the world number one tennis player in the WTA rankings earlier in October, grabbed her third WTA trophy in as many weeks by winning the Kremlin Cup final in Moscow against Russia's Vera Zvonareva on October 12 2008. Jankovic won in two sets 6-2, 6-4. Zvonareva had a slow start and quickly lost the first set, but put up a stiffer some resistance in the second set, encouraged by home crowd. Jankovic would not be denied, however, and won her third tournament in a row in one hour and 27 minutes.
The rising star of world tennis, the 17-year-old Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, will take part in the Mutua Madrileña Masters series in Madrid. Dimitrov will enter the first qualifying round on October 11 2008 with a wild card that he received with the help of Bulgaria's now-retired tennis star Orlin Stanoichev, Dimitrov said at an October 7 2008 news conference in Sofia. The final in the Madrid series is scheduled for October 19.
This year's junior champion at Wimbledon and US Open, Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, continued his spree of winning tournament after tournament, grabbing the trophy at the futures hard-court ITF tournament in Madrid on September 21 2008. Futures tournaments are the bottom rung of the professional tennis ladder, with hundreds held across the world every year.
Bulgaria's young tennis star Grigor Dimitrov won his second title from a men's futures tennis tournament after grabbing the trophy at hard-court ITF tournament in the Madrid suburb of Mostoles on September 14 2008. Dimitrov was victorious against local favourite, third-seeded Ignacio Coll-Riudavets, in straight sets (7-6, 6-3) after one hour and 45 minutes of play. To reach the final Dimitrov had to go through another
Bulgaria's young tennis star Grigor Dimitrov continued his stunning performances this year by winning his second consecutive junior Grand Slam title at the 2008 US Open tennis tournament on September 7 2008. Just two months ago, 17-year-old Dimitrov won the boys' single title at Wimbledon, becoming the first Bulgarian with a Grand Slam trophy. On court 11 at Flushing Meadows, he proved that it was no
American Chase Buchanan will play against Bulgaria's young tennis star Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals of 2008 US Open junior tennis tournament. On September 4 2008, Dimitrov made yet another step towards winning the second junior Grand Slam trophy in his career to add to the Wimbledon title won earlier this year. In the third round of the US Open, Dimitrov had little trouble against Marcelo Arevalo from El
Bulgaria's young tennis star Grigor Dimitrov continued his good performance at the 2008 US Open Junior tournament and advanced to the third round on September 3 2008. Dimitrov, who won the Wimbledon boys' singles tournament earlier this year, had problems only in the first set of his second round match against American Ty Tombetta. Seeded third, Dimitrov won in two sets (7-5, 6-1) and
The first round of the juniors competition of the 2008 US Open tennis tournament on September 1 2008 was both happy and sad for the two Bulgarians involved. The happy news came from court number five, where reigning Wimbledon champion, Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov played his opening match against Frenchman Julien Obry. Dimitrov, seeded third, kept on his good from two months ago when he won the title at Wimbledon and scored a clean two set victory against Obry (6-2, 6-2).
After years of trying, Bulgarian tennis finally landed a trophy at the most prestigious tennis tournaments in the world: Wimbledon. The long wait ended when young Grigor Dimitrov defeated Finland's Henri Kontinen in straight sets (7-5, 6-3) to win the junior boys singles final on July 6.
Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov wrote history on July 6 2008 by becoming the first ever Bulgarian to win a Wimbledon final. The seventeen-year-old Dimitrov won his final in the boys singles against Finland's Henri Kontinen in straight sets (7-5, 6-3) and gave Bulgaria its first ever holder of a Grand Slam title.
Seventeen-year-old Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov is just a match away from becoming the first Bulgarian to win a Wimbledon trophy after reaching the final of the boy's singles tournament. To get there, Dimitrov had to go trough Serbia's Filip Krajinovic at the semi-finals, something which Dimitrov achieved with style. He won in one hour and three minutes in a straight set win (6-3, 6-3).
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