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Grigor Dimitrov (born May 16, 1991, in Haskovo) is a tennis player from Bulgaria.

Junior career

In 2006 he won the Orange Bowl U16 boys singles[1] and was later named the Eddie Herr International 2007 Rising Star.[2]

In 2007, Grigor was the finalist at the Orange Bowl U18 boys singles, losing to Ričardas Berankis of Lithuania. Alongside Vasek Pospisil, he reached the 2007 U.S. Open doubles final, falling to Jonathan Eysseric and Jérôme Inzerillo.

He began the 2008 Grand Slam season with a quarterfinal showing at Roland Garros, losing to Poland's Jerzy Janowicz in three sets. However he went on to win Wimbledon after defeating Henri Kontinen of Finland, 7-5 6-3 in the final. He won the title without dropping a set despite playing with a shoulder injury throughout the tournament. The victory saw him join former junior champions Roger Federer and Stefan Edberg and guaranteed him a wildcard entry into the 2009 Wimbledon men's draw. His success continued at the US Open, which he won on September 7, defeating American qualifier Devin Britton 6-3,6-4.[3] On his way to the title he also defeated top seed Tsung-hua Yang of Taiwan in the semifinals. After the tournament Dimitrov announced that he was ending his junior career and focusing on improving his ATP ranking. On September 8 he became junior world number one overtaking Tsung-hua Yang[4].

Professional career

Grigor began frequent participation in men's events in 2008. His first title came on clay at a futures tournament in Barcelona (19 May). His fist ATP level match was at 's-Hertogenbosch where he lost to Igor Andreev (RUS) 1-6, 3-6. After his junior US Open title he won back to back futures tournaments in Madrid on hard court and rose 300 places to career high ranking of 477. The achievement attracted enough attention to earn him a wildcard into the AMS Madrid qualifying draw where he lost 3-6 3-6 to then #64 Florent Serra (FRA). After being granted another wildcard to the Davidoff Swiss Indoors Championships in Basel, he won his first professional match at the ATP level by defeating #122 Jiří Vaněk (CZE) 75 46 76(6), in the first round of the qualifying draw.

At the start of 2009 he was granted a wildcard to the main draw of the 2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament at Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In the first round he upset the then world #23 Tomas Berdych (CZE) 4-6 6-3 6-4. In the second round he faced World #1 Rafael Nadal.

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Op zaterdag 14 februari 2009 14:52 schreef Tim86 het volgende:
Krijgt iedere noob hier meteen een topic ofzo

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Op dinsdag 17 februari 2009 23:34 schreef wimderon het volgende:
Hij is er vroeg bij met choken.

Een driesetter tegen Simon is niks bijzonders, dat kan Simon tegen elke willekeurige kneus overkomen.

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Op woensdag 18 februari 2009 12:55 schreef wimderon het volgende:

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Mwah, het kan net zo goed zijn dat dit zijn top is zoals bij Donald het geval is, of dat hij zo'n typische indoorkneus is a la pakweg Petschzner. Voor deze drie potjes stond ie maar wat te baggeren in futures en challengers eind vorig jaar en begin dit jaar.