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 | Grisha against № 208 in the world at the start of Wimbledon, against Pironkova Italian debutante19-06-2011 |
The best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov will meet German qualifier Cedric-Marcel Steben in the first round of the British Open.
Left Steben enter the main draw after success over the young American hope Ryan Harrison 6-3, 7-5, 1:6, 4:6, 7:5 in the final round of qualifying.
20-year-old German, who has 208 in the ATP rankings at the moment is Wimbledon debut. It is higher than 183 cm is weighs 72 kg. Steben no titles, but this season has played only one match in the main scheme of the ATP tournament, in my career so far
has earned modest 54,832 in prize money.
They have one game each in Geneva on "Challenger" on clay in 2010 when the Bulgarians won 6-3, 6-3.
Couples Dimitrov and his Russian partner Dmitry Tursunov in the first round encounter Alexander Dolgopolov (UKR) and Xavier malícia (Belgium).
The best Bulgarian tennis player and a semi-finalist last season Tsvetana Pironkova also taught her opponent for the first round at Wimbledon.
32 seeded Pironkova will face newcomer Camilla George (Italy), which in the last round of qualifiers beat Lindsay Lee-Waters (USA) 6-4, 6-1.
19-year-old Georgie is a 169-WTA ranking currently. She is 168 cm high weighing 54 kg. Born in Macerata player no success at the professional level and has earned only 59,251 dollars in prize money so far. The two are not met.
Pironkova had no luck in the doubles draw. Plovdivchankatai its South African partner Chanel Sheepers will meet in the first round seeded ninth Gyorges Julia (Germany) and Maria KirillCo. (Russia).