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 | Grisha beat former world number 2 in the launch in Los Angeles27-07-2011 |
The first rocket of Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov is the second round of singles international tennis tournament for men in Los Angeles (USA) with a prize of 700,000 dollars.
Dimitrov, who is number 7 in the main draw, won the first round, former world No. 2 Tommy Haas (Germany) 6-3, 6-2 on 66 minutes after 7 breaks in the match and 4 aces.
Dimitrov led 5-2 in the first set after three breaks and part exchange ended with a break either.
The second section Bulgarians led 3-0 and 5-1 and win the match after the break for 6-2.
With the success of 20-year-old Dimitrov secured 20 points for world ranking and 10,800 dollars in prize money.
In the next round Dimitrov will play with the representative of host Alex Bogomolov, which remove qualifier Greg Jones (Australia) 4:6, 6:1, 6:1.
Russian-born American is 28 years and is 64th place in the world rankings. They have never played against each other.
Couples in the same tournament Grigor Dimitrov and his Russian partner Dmitry Tursunov meet later today in the first round of the representatives of Israel Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.