Grigor Dimitrov

Hewitt gives Dimitrov grasscourt masterclass at Queen's

London: Former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt gave Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov a grasscourt masterclass in a second-round victory at the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club on Wednesday. The 32-year-old Australian needed little more than an hour to win 6-4, 6-3 as 10th seed Dimitrov struggled to cope with his formidable grasscourt skills.

Dimitrov, 22, who was watched by girlfriend Maria Sharapova during his first-round match on Tuesday, never got close to Hewitt's serve and did not manufacture a single break point. Hewitt, bidding for a fifth title at the traditional Wimbledon warm-up event, will face 2010 champion Sam Querrey in the third round.

Top seed Andy Murray was scheduled to play his first grasscourt match since winning Olympic gold at Wimbledon last year later on Wednesday, although rain threatened to disrupt the schedule again.

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06:46 PM, Jun 12, 2013

Novak Djokovic up for re-match against Grigor Dimitrov

by Associated Press

Paris: Two years ago, Novak Djokovic entered the French Open on a 39-match winning streak dating to the previous December. Last year, he came to Paris having won 21 consecutive matches at Grand Slam tournaments. And in 2013? Well, Djokovic arrived having lost two of his preceding four matches, both on clay. The man responsible for one of those surprising defeats, Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, just so happens to be Djokovic's...

12:22 PM, May 31, 2013

Nadal and Djokovic reach Monte Carlo semis

by Associated Press

Monte Carlo: Rafael Nadal was pushed all the way by Grigor Dimitrov before winning his 45th straight match at the Monte Carlo Masters, reaching the semifinals with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 victory and staying on course for a rematch of last year's final against Novak Djokovic. The top-ranked Djokovic had less of a struggle against Jarkko Nieminen, beating the Finnish veteran 6-4, 6-3 and getting through another test on his...

08:18 PM, Apr 19, 2013

Dimitrov upsets 8th-seeded Tipsarevic in 2nd round at Monte Carlo

by Associated Press

Monaco : Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria beat eighth-seeded Janko Tipsarevic 7-6 (3), 6-1 in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday Dimitrov had seven aces and broke Tipsarevic's serve four times. Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland, Marinko Matosevic of Australia and qualifier Albert Ramos of Spain advanced to the second round. Wawrinka won 6-3, 7-5 against Denis Istomin, breaking the Uzbek's serve five times; Matosevic beat Fernando Verdasco...

06:10 PM, Apr 16, 2013

Novak Djokovic advances to fourth round at Indian Wells

by Reuters

Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic survived an erratic start to beat Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov 7-6, 6-1 in an error-strewn third round match at the BNP Paribas Open. ...

09:09 AM, Mar 13, 2013