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 | Grigor Dimitrov begins with the 141st in the world in Newport3-07-2011 |
The best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov will play against last season polufinalista Brian Dabul (Argentina) in the first round of the tournament on grass in Newport (USA) with a prize of 442,500 dollars.
20-year-old Dimitrov, 62 in the ATP rankings, is seeded second in the main draw and has a guaranteed 4340 dollars. If successful over Dabul Haskovo will start 20 points and 7325 dollars, and in the second round will face the winner of the match between Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) and take a "wild card" Kudła Dennis (USA).
27-year-Dabul is 141 in world rankings. He is 170 cm tall weighing 70 kg. Born in Buenos Aires tournament no player wins and his career has earned 706,118 dollars as a professional.
They have not met before.