Tobias Kamke

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov Proceeds to Quarterfinals of Men's Singles in Brisbane

The highest ranking Bulgarian male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov proceeded on Thursday to the quarterfinals of the men's singles competition of the Brisbane International tournament.

In a match from the second round which lasted nearly three hours, Dimitrov defeated Viktor Troicki from Serbia with 5:7, 7:6, 6:2.

Tennis: BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy results; young Bogdan Apostol qualifies to second round

Romanian Bogdan Ionut Apostol (19 years old) defeated Bosnian Aldin Setkic, cu 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday at the BNR Arenas of Bucharest, in the first round of the BRD Nastase ?iriac Trophy ATP tournament, a tennis competition with prizes amounting to 439,405 euro.

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Djokovic races through to round three at Roland Garros

PARIS - Serbia's best ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic advanced to the third round of the French Open with a straight-sets win over Jeremy Chardy of France 6-1 6-4 6-2 on Wednesday.

The second seed produced a composed display against Chardy and used precise ground strokes and a better serving percentage to beat the Frenchman for the ninth straight time.