Karen Khachanov

Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov starts his participation in the Masters Series tournament in Madrid. He is out today against American Taylor Fritz in the first round.

The duel will start no earlier than 17.00 and will be on the second court in "Kaha mahika" - "Arancha Sanchez".

Staged at the Arena Armeec Sofia, the ATP 250 event in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia has been in the calendar since 2016, with Roberto Bautista Agut, Grigor Dimitrov and Mirza Basic lifting the trophy in the first three editions. As was expected, Grigor Dimitrov was in the spotlight every year there, playing or not, as by far the most accomplished Bulgarian male player ever an

Djokovic tops the new ATP lit with 8,045 points, followed by Rafael Nadal with 7,480, and Roger Federer (6,260).

Djokovic completed his impressive comeback by qualifying for the final game of the Paris Masters. He eventually lost the match to Karen Khachanov of Russia - but earned 600 new points and emerged at the top of the ATP list for the fourth time in his career.

Tenth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas survived a three-set thriller against France's Gael Monfils on Monday to advance to the second round of the Shanghai Masters. The 20-year-old Greek won 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4 on the hard court in Shanghai in two hours and 21 minutes. "My game has changed. I am more aggressive now. I'm actually stronger. I feel stronger," he told the ATP's official website.

Beijing - Third seed Grigor Dimitrov was on the end of a major shock at the China Open on Wednesday, dumped out in the second round by Serbian qualifier Dusan Lajovic.

The Bulgarian was shaky on his serve all match, totting up nine double faults as Lajovic defeated him 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

Grigor Dimitrov will be placed under No. 7 at the  US Open, which will be held in New York from 28 August to 10 September. The race is from the Grand Slam.

The main scheme of the US Open. In front of each player's name, it is indicated under which number will be placed in the tournament:

On his way to the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Open, Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov beat Argentinean Juan Martin del Porto with 6:3, 7:5 for the first time in his career, reported BGNES.

The Bulgarian tennis player had 5 losses in 5 games against this rival until now.

Dimitrov's next rival in the tournament will be Japanese Yuichi Sugita or Russian Karen Khachanov.

ISTANBUL - The all-Serbian duo of Viktor Troicki and Dusan Lajovic on Wednesday lost 4-6, 7-5, 10-4 to the Turkish-Italian pairing of Tuna Altuna and Alessandro Motti in the opening round of the men's doubles event at the ATP tennis tournament in Istanbul.

MONTE CARLO - Serbia's Novak Djokovic beat Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 on Tuesday to advance to the third round of the Monte Carlo ATP Masters tennis tournament.

Djokovic, who came from behind to win the match after being on the verge of defeat in the third set, will next face the winner of the tie between Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain and Karen Khachanov of Russia.

NIS - Serbian Viktor Troicki and Russian Karen Khachanov were on Thursday drawn to open their countries' Davis Cup Round 1 tie in Nis, south-eastern Serbia.

The Troicki vs Khachanov match is scheduled for 3 pm Friday, with Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev to take the court afterwards.

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