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 | Grisham against German veteran in the first round in Houston2-04-2011 |
The best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov will meet veteran Rainer Shutler (Germany) in the first round of the clay courts in Houston (U.S.) in prize money 442,500 dollars, which begins Monday.
70 th in the world Dimitrov was seeded 8 in the main draw and has a guaranteed 4580 dollars.
If successful 19-year-old Haskovo work 20 points for the ATP rankings and 7715 dollars, and in the second round will face the winner of the match between Teymuraz Gabashvili (Russia) and qualifier.
Former world number 5 Shutler is 87 and in the world rankings at the moment. 34-year-old German is tall is 180 cm weighs 75 kg. He has four titles in his career and earned U.S. $ 7269353 in prize money as a professional. They have not met before.
Dimitrov became the first Bulgarian tennis player who is on the ATP tournament.