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 | Grisham is the first Bulgarian reached the doubles final of the ATP tournament16-06-2011 |
Grigor Dimitrov and Andreas Seppi qualified for the finals of the doubles in Eastbourne, winning 7-5 7-6 (5) Colin Fleming and Britons Ross Hutchison.
Grisha thus became the first Bulgarian tennis player, reached the final of the doubles tournament, organized by the ATP. So far only Orlin Stanoychev had qualified for the semifinals of the ATP tournament, as it was in 2000 in Amsterdam, but his partner was the Russian Yuri Shukin, reported .
In case the title Grigor and Andreas Seppi will face Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram (Israel), which reached up № 5 in the world and are highly experienced and sophisticated couple. Erlich and Ram won tournament titles as Australian Open, Indian Wells Masters in Cincinnati, and the nine ATP tournament.
In the early semi-final match, "Bulgarian-Italian Express" reflected break points in three of Games Won his serve to reach 5-4 in their favor when in turn received one, but it was the price of setbol. Britons rescued him, but the situation is repeated 6-5 and this time Sepi Dimitrov and took advantage of his chance and led the advance with a set.
The second part would breach, but in the ensuing tiebreak Grisha and Italian led 6-4 points. Britons rescued machbol first, but were helpless in the second after 1 hour and 18 minutes of play are greeted with another victory.
Thanks to today's success Grisha will climb by nearly 280 seats in the doubles rankings - from № № 572 to about 290. The best classification of Haskovo is № 292 and Dimitrov is possible to record a new personal record next week.
The final will be played on Friday and start time will becomeclear a little later tonight, when published program tomorrow.