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Bulgaria's Dimitrov on Serena Rumors: Just Go and Ask Her [May 01, 2012] Laughing off rumors over his relationship with Serena Williams, Grigor Dimitrov has made it clear he wants to hit the headlines because of his career, not because of his private life. The Bulgarian 20-year-old has become a high-profile name at recent tournaments due to his great play, as well as the growing obsession over the nature of his relationship with Serena Williams, who has been spotted ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria?s Male Tennis Star Drops Out of ATP Top 100 [Mar 05, 2012] Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria's highest-ranked male tennis player, has dropped out of the ATP ranking list's top 100, reaching the 102nd spot. Dimitrov, 20, recorded three consecutive losses - against Nicolas Almagro at Australian Open, Kevin Anderson in San Jose and Donald Young in Memphis. The youngster had become only the second male Bulgarian player to have reached top 100 after Orlin Stanoychev ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Tennis Star Dramatically Defeated at SAP Open [Feb 14, 2012] Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria's top male tennis player, lost to fifth-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa in the first round of the SAP Open on Monday. Anderson came from a set down to beat the Bulgarian 2-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3). Despite the loss, Bulgaria's male tennis made history on Monday, as two players from the Balkan country entered the main draw of an ATP tournament for the first time ever. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

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 >>

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 Grigor Dimitrov Scores 1st ATP Masters Win [Aug 16, 2011] Bulgaria's best male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has won his matchup against Turk Marsel Ilhan, in the opening round of Western and Southern Financial Group Masters. Grigor Dimitrov, aka Grisho beat Ilhan 6:3, 7:5 in the match at the outdoor hard courts of the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, near Cincinnati, United States, on Monday afternoon. This was Grisho's first win in the ATP ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Top Male Tennis Star with New ATP Record [Jul 11, 2011] Bulgaria's top male tennis player, Grigor Dimitrov, continues to climb ahead in the world ATP list, where he is now 59th. This is a new record-breaker in Bulgaria's male tennis history. The 19-year-old Bulgarian player, from the southern city of Haskovo, missed the important playoff, decisive fro his stay in the second group of the European-African zone of the Davis Cup, and chose to participate ... [via YahooNews] More >>