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Bulgaria's Tennis Hopefuls Enjoy Favorable Draw at Australian Open [Jan 13, 2012] Bulgaria's best tennis players, Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov, will face rather surmountable opponents in the first round of Australian Open. Pironkova, ranked 48th in the world, will play against Indian Sanya Mirza, 105th. World No.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Hopman referee steps in to part angry Fish and Dimitrov [Jan 06, 2012] PERTH (Reuters) - American Mardy Fish and Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov had to be separated by the match referee when they squared up to each other during a changeover in a bad-tempered Hopman Cup encounter on Friday. The pair traded insults throughout their singles match and the mixed doubles before the tie between the two bottom teams in Group A ended with a 2-1 win for Bulgaria over the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Scores 2nd Hopman Cup Victory [Jan 06, 2012] Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov and Tsvetana Pironkova defeated the US 2-1 in their last Hopman cup encounter, thus finishing second in Group A. The mixed doubles game had to be decided in just one long set, as Dimitrov had to catch a late-evening plane to Sydney ? and the Bulgarians won it 8-5. Prior to that, the best Bulgarian male tennis player won against world number eight Mardy Fish of the US ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria rallies past Denmark at Hopman Cup [Jan 04, 2012] Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov came back from a set down to win the deciding mixed doubles and complete a 2-1 victory against Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki and Frederik Nielsen at the Hopman Cup on Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria beats Denmark at Hopman Cup [Jan 04, 2012] Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov came back from a set down to win the deciding mixed doubles and complete a 2-1 victory over Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki and Frederik Nielsen at the Hopman Cup on Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria wins mixed doubles over Denmark to clinch Hopman Cup win [Jan 04, 2012] PERTH, Australia ? Bulgaria?s Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov came back from a set down to win the deciding mixed doubles and complete a 2-1 victory over Denmark?s Caroline Wozniacki and Frederik Nielsen at the Hopman Cup on Wednesday. The Bulgarians won the mixed doubles 3-6, 6-4, 10-1 in the match tiebreak, leaving both teams with 1-1 records in Group A. Read full article >> [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria beats Denmark at Hopman Cup [Jan 04, 2012] Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov came back from a set down to win the deciding mixed doubles and complete a 2-1 victory over Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki and Frederik Nielsen at the Hopman Cup on Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Upsets Denmark at Hopman Cup [Jan 04, 2012] Bulgaria recorded its first ever victory at Hopman Cup, upsetting strong favorites Denmark 2-1 in Group A. Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov won 3:6, 6:4 (10:1) against Caroline Wozniacki and Frederik Nielsen in the decisive mixed doubles game on Wednesday. Prior to the decisive clash, world number one Caroline Wozniacki got off to an early morning 9:30 a.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria beats Denmark at Hopman Cup [Jan 04, 2012] Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov came back from a set down to win the deciding mixed doubles and complete a 2-1 victory over Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki and Frederik Nielsen at the Hopman Cup on Wednesday. The Bulgarians won the mixed doubles 3-6, 6-4, 10-1 in the super tiebreak, leaving both teams with 1-1 records in Group A. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Clinches First Hopman Cup Victory [Jan 02, 2012] Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov won the mixed doubles 2-6 6-3 (11:9) at the country's Hopman Cup debut in Perth, Australia. Pironkova said she enjoyed playing the mixed doubles alongside Dimitrov on Monday even if she didn't serve an ace at Tomas Berdych. "It feels very good to make an ace which I didn't but that was my point.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Czech Republic 2, Bulgaria 1 [Jan 02, 2012] PERTH, Australia (AP) -- Results Monday at the Hopman Cup mixed teams tennis tournament on indoor hardcourts at the Burswood Dome (matches are best-of three: women's singles, men's singles, mixed doubles): Czech Republic 2, Bulgaria 1 Petra Kvitova , Czech Republic, def. Tsvetana Pironkova , Bulgaria, 6-4, 6-2. Tomas Berdych , Czech Republic, def. Grigor Dimitrov , Bulgaria, 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-3 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Appoints New Deputy Justice Minister [Dec 19, 2011] Appellate Prosecutor Plamen Dimitrov has been appointed by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov as the country's new Deputy Justice Minister. Dimitrov is set to replace Hristo Angelov who resigned a couple of weeks ago explaining that newly appointed Justice Minister Diana Kovacheva is entitled to choosing her own team upon taking over. Angelov also stated that he had personal reasons to quit ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Largest Resort Sunny Beach Appoints New CEO [Nov 25, 2011] Bulgaria's largest Black Sea resort "Sunny Beach" Jsc has appointed Zlatko Dimitrov as its new CEO, according to a decision of its Board of Directors made Friday. Dimitrov, who is currently the Deputy Governor of the Burgas District, has been serving as the Chair of the Board of Sunny Beach, a position that he has now vacated; he is also set to quit his government job. Bulgaria's Deputy Economy ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Budget 2012 Attacked from Left, Right [Nov 15, 2011] The right-wing would not offer parliamentary support for budget 2012, according to the co-Chair of the Blue Coalition and leader of Union of Democratic Forces, (UDF), Martin Dimitrov. The statement confirms the right-wing position from last week when the other co-Chair, leader of Democrats for Strong Bulgaria party (DSB) and former Prime Minister, Ivan Kostov, said "three times NO" to the draft ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Male Tennis Star Parts with Aussie Coach [Nov 13, 2011] Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria's top male tennis star, and Peter McNamara have ended their coaching relationship, the Patrick Mouratoglou Academy reported. The two were together for a year-and-a-half, and Australian McNamara helped Bulgaria's most prominent tennis hopeful reach a career-high No. 52 ranking in the ATP list ? a 300-spot climb.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Dimitrov Ousted by Raonic at Stockholm Open [Oct 22, 2011] Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria's biggest male tennis hopeful, failed to advance to the semifinals at the Stockholm Open, as he was defeated 5-7, 4-6 by another up-and-comer, Milos Raonic. Dimitrov managed to stay even for much of the first set, but he cracked with a poor service game at 5-5 and failed to recover for the rest of the match. The Canadian achieved 14 aces and hit 34 winners in 78 minutes ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Dimitrov Upsets Chela, Pironkova Ousted by Kuznetsova [Oct 21, 2011] Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria's hot male tennis prospect, reached his fourth ATP World Tour quarter-final so far after upsetting Seed 4 and world No 28 Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 in the 2nd round of the If Stockholm Open. The 20-year-old Bulgarian succeeded in converting 6 out of 10 break opportunities in the matchup, sealing his third ever win over a Top 30 player. So far, he had ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria?s Dimitrov Once Again Fails to Upset Tsonga [Oct 04, 2011] Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria's top male tennis prospect has once again failed to World No 7 and Seed 1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France. Tsonga defeated Dimitrov 7-6 (7), 7-5 in the first round of the ATP 500 tournament in Beijing on Tuesday. "I didn't move really well, didn't hit the ball really good, but I was on the court with my head," the Frenchman commented after the game, as cited by The ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria?s Dimitrov Reaches Quarterfinals at Bangkok, to Face Murray [Sep 30, 2011] Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria's best male tennis player, defeated Italian qualifier Simone Bolelli 7-6(8) 6-1 and will play world No 4 Andy Murray of Great Britain at the quarterfinals of PTT Open in Bangkok, Thailand. By reaching the quarterfinals Dimitrov gained 17'400 USD of the prize money and 45 ranking points which would position him to around No 70. The Bulgarian is yet to win against any Top ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Dimitrov Upsets Croatian Dodig at Bangkok ATP Tournament [Sep 26, 2011] Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria returns to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France during their second round match for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 23 June ... [via YahooNews] More >>