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 | Grigor Dimitrov dropped in the first round in Miami25-03-2011 |
The best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov dropped in the first round of the Masters Series tournament in Miami with a prize fund 3.645 million dollars.
19-year-old Dimitrov retreat of Ukrainian Sergei Stahovski with 2:6, 4:6, having reached here after two wins in the qualifiers, including over Olympic champion Nicolas Massu Athens 2004.
This was the first meeting between Dimitrov and his Ukrainian rival, which is located at 36 th place in the world rankings.
Bulgarians could be won six game in which he table, but allowed breakthrough and the result was 2:4. Then his Ukrainian rival won his serve and closed the set with 6:2.
In the second set again Grigor had stability problems in the initial attack, but still managed to return to break for 2:3. Finally Stahovski managed to finish the game master and win his serve to 6:4, and thus the match.