Chevaliers of the Ordre national du Mérite

MELBOURNE - Serbian Viktor Troicki is out of the Australian Open men's singles after losing 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) to Aussie homeboy Nick Kyrgios Wednesday.

Kyrgios won after two hours and 14 minutes of play and will next face Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

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Grigor Dimitrov won a very nervous match against Andrey Rublev and qualified for the 1/8-finals of the Australian Open Tennis Championship. Last year's semi-finalist of the Grand Slam Grand Prix won against the 20-year-old Russian with 6:3, 4:6, 6:4, 6:4 and took a special revenge for the second round of the US Open last season.

The best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov defeated with 6:4, 6:4 Frenchman Richard Gasquet in a match from the second round of the Masters Series in Paris. Thus, the Bulgarian already has 3 wins in 8 games against the 31-year-old Frenchman, and in their last three clashes the Bulgarian has not lost set against this rival.

Grigor Dimitrov will meet Frenchman Richard Gasquet in his first match at the Masters Series tournament in Paris after last weekend Gasquet beat his compatriot Benoît Pere with 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

EASTBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic is through to the final of the Eastbourne ATP tennis tournament after beating young Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-4 on Friday.

In a bid to win the title, top-seeded Djokovic will face the winner of the other semi-final between Frenchmen Richard Gasquet and Gael Monfils.

Bulgaria's tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has defeated French player Richard Gasquet in the third round of the Australian Open (6:3, 6:2, 6:4).

This is only the second victory for Dimitrov in 7 matches against the Frenchman.

Dimitrov will face Denis Istomin on Monday.

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria achieved on Thursday a surprisingly difficult victory against South Korea's Hyeong Chung in the second round of Australian Open.

Dimitrov will face Richard Gasquet in the next round.

SYDNEY - Serbian tennis player Viktor Troicki is through to the semi-finals of the Sydney ATP tournament after German Philipp Kohlschreiber retired from their match on Thursday due to injury.

In a bid to reach another final, title defender Troicki will face Gilles Muller of Luxembourg.

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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.

Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria has defeated Richard Gasquet of France for the first time, making it past the first round of the Shanghai Masters tournament in China.

Dimitrov has beaten the world's No 17 (a spot above him) 6:4, 6:4.

With Gasquet having a clear lead in the beginning, Bulgaria's highest-ranking player has managed to turn the tables at 3:0.