Grigor Dimitrov News

Notably, Dimitrov demonstrated his superb serving skills, delivering 13 aces compared to Tiafoe's five.

Daniil Medvedev was knocked out in the fourth round of Indian Wells by Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday as the world No. 2's near-flawless start turned nightmarish in a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 defeat.

Greek fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas advanced to the fourth round of the French Open on Saturday after his opponent Aljaz Bedene retired with an ankle injury while trailing 6-1, 6-2, 3-1. Tsitsipas hit 28 winners and broke the 56th-ranked Bedene`s serve five times before the 31-year-old decided he could no longer continue. In his fourth round, the Greek will play the winner of the match between Bulgarian 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov and Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain.

Djokovic, along with Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki, tested positive for coronavirus after playing in his exhibition tournament Adria Tour.

As a result, Coric becomes the second tennis player to be tested positive for the pandemic. 

Bulgarian tennis star Grigor Dimitrov has been tested positive for the novel coronavirus that continues to threaten the entire world.

On Friday, the Serbian tennis maestro hardly broke a sweat as he eased past Greek tennis sensation Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-1, 6-2 in a one-sided quarter-final match that lasted just 58 minutes. 

The win sends Medvedev through to his fourth straight final and stretches his win streak to 12 matches.

Thirty-eight-year-old Federer again made a comeback in the game and won the third set by 6-3. After losing the third set, Dimitrov came out furiously on Federer and secured a 6-4, 6-2 win in the next two sets. After the victory, Dimitrov said that he was a `little nervous` in the first set.

The 20-year-old Tsitsipas completed the win after play was suspended late on Friday evening to secure his second straight last-16 appearance at a Grand Slam.

The Japanese fourth seed had to come back from a set down for a second successive match at Melbourne Park, having survived a big scare against Taiwan's wily Hsieh Su-Wei on Saturday.

Dimitrov, who struggled with an ankle injury towards the end of last season, saved six out of seven break points to down his unseeded opponent in the season-opening tournament.

Roger Federer`s 6-7(5) 7-6(8) 10-7 victory over American John Isner put the Europeans just three points from their victory with Alexander Zverev ensuring a composed finish against Kevin Anderson 

The South African blasted 17 aces past the Serbian world number three in a 7-6(5) 5-7 10-6 victory as Team World rallied to win the final two matches

American Madison Keys, the 10th seed, made sure she was not amongst the casualties when she beat Thailand's Luksika Kumkhum 6-4 6-3.

"Let`s not get too ahead of ourselves too early. I`m definitely not one of the favourites for Wimbledon," Djokovic told British media.

Claycourt tennis has never come easy for silky Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and his struggle to master the dirt was evident again in a four-hour dogfight with Jared Donaldson in the French Open second round on Wednesday.

Bulgarian fourth seed Grigor Dimitrov reached the French Open second round on Sunday with a 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (7/1) win over Egyptian lucky loser Mohamed Safwat.

Spain`s Rafael Nadal remained in the number one spot in the men`s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings released on Monday with 8,770 points while Bulgaria`s Grigor Dimitrov jumped to the fourth spot.

Fourth-seed Dimitrov survived a scare against Herbert before holding his nerve to win 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the second round, while Thiem edged out Russian youngster Rublev.