Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov continued his excellent start of the season and reached the semi-finals of the tennis tournament in Brisbane.

He defeated Dominic Thiem (8th) 6:3, 4:6, 6:3.

Dimitrov who is seeded 7th will play either Milos Raonic or Rafel Nadal for a spot in the final.

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria has secured a resounding victory over Steve Johnson (US) in the first round of the Brisbane International tennis tournament.

Dimitrov has made it past Johnson at 6:2, 6:3 in his first win for the year.

The game was interrupted briefly at 4:2 during the first set due to strong winds which led the heavy rainfall into the partly covered tennis court.

Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria has defeated Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan in the Shenzhen tournament in China.

Bulgaria's highest-ranking female tennis player has won 6:4, 5:7, 6:3, thus making it into the tournament's second round, local sports media report.

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PARIS - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the current world number one in men's tennis, is through to the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters after beating Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 late Thursday.

Djokovic won after nearly two and a half hours of play and is now 6-1 head-to-head against the Bulgarian.

PARIS - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the current world number one in men's tennis, has got off to a successful start of his title defence at the Paris Masters after beating Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 6-3, 6-4 in round two late Wednesday.

Djokovic won after 82 minutes of play and is now 4-0 head-to-head against Muller.

He will next face Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria.

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan have made it to the quarterfinals of the doubles tournament in Paris.

They have defeated the UK's Jamie Murray and Brazil's Bruno Soares, the best-performing duo this season.

The game ended 6:4, 6:3, 10:6.

Dominic Thiem (Australia) and Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany).

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria has kept his 18th place in the ATP ranking, the association's website shows.

Dimitrov returned to the world's Top 20 after picking up this summer, following more than a year of heavy defeats which caused him to sing down the world ranking.

Lucas Pouille and Richard Gasquett, both from France, are No 17 and 19, respectively.

Bulgaria's tennis player Grigor Dimitrov (ranked 18th in the ATP world rankings) has announced that he will participate in the tennis tournament in Sofia with prize money to the amount of EUR 520,070.

The tournament will be held in Sofia in February 5-12 at Arena Armeets.

This is the second edition of the tournament under the aegis of ATP.

Juan Martin del Potro defeated Bulgaria's top tennis player Grigor Dimitrov at the ATP tournament in Stockholm.

The Argentinian reached the final after battling past Dimitrov (6:4, 7:5).

So far, Dimitrov has not managed a win against the Argentinian player.