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 | Nole is officially number one Grisha № 60 in the world4-07-2011 |
Novak Djokovic official took first place in the ATP world rankings, pausing long domination of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
The Serb, who yesterday lifted the title in the most prestigious tennis tournament "Wimbledon", tops the list with 13,285 points, followed by Nadal and Federer 11,270 in 9230.
At the same time the first rocket of Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov new record at the front rank in his career, taking a 60 position.
This week Dimitrov will argue with lefty Brian Dabul of Argentina in the first round of the tournament in Newport with a prize of 442,500 dollars. South American is 27 years old, occupies 141 th place in the world rankings and has one title at the ATP tournament in the doubles competition on clay courts. If successful against Dabul Grisha can play in the second round with a 208-cm Croatian Ivo Karlovic, who start out against given a "wild card" American Dennis Kudła. For participation in the first round placed under Bulgarian № 2 will receive ranking points.