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 | Russian and Australian man will define the opponent of Grigor at Indian Wells8-03-2013 |
Russian or Australian will be the rival of Grigor Dimitrov in the second round of the tournament in Indian Wells. Grigor's first Bulgarian placed on Masters tournament, which means that he rest in the first round and his opponent in the second will be set the clash between Andrey Kuznetsov and Matthew Ebdon.
The 25-year-old Australian man has started the qualifications, where recorded two wins and more than interesting detail is that Ebdon is currently working with the former coach of Dimitrov Peter McNamara, through who the Bulgarians reached № 52 in the world.
Andrey Kuznetsov is only 22 years old and analogies with Grigor Dimitrov are more than one - they are almost the same age, starting to play tennis under the guidance of their fathers who are and tennis coaches, and also indicate Roger Federer as one of their favorite players.
In the boys their successes are also similar - Dimitrov reached № 1 in the world ranking while the Russian record is № 3, and also both won the title at Wimbledon - Grigor in 2008 and Kuznetsov did that the next season.
The match between № 113 in the rankings Matthew Ebdon and № 68 Andrey Kuznetsov will be played on Friday, which means that the winner of this match and Grigor Dimitrov will take to the court on Sunday.
A winner of this clash in the third round will secure a meeting with world № 1 Novak Djokovic, long before Nole to prevent a surprise and to lose from Fognini or Bedene in the first game at Indian Wells.
It became clear and the opponents of Grigor Dimitrov and Frederick Nielsen in the first round of the doubles tournament - they are placed under № 6 Aysam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Roger, located respectively under № 13 and № 14 in the rankings who together won two ATP titles last year.