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 | Grigor Dimitrov goes against the former number 20 in Bangkok24-09-2010 |
The best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov will play against Dmitry Tursunov of Russia in the quarterfinals of the tournament on hard courts of the series 'Challenger' in Bangkok (Thailand) in prize money 35,000 dollars and hospitality. Seeded seventh Dimitrov earlier today to deal with another Russian Evgeni Kirilov with 6:4, 6:3, while participating with the "wild card" Tursunov turned third-seeded Dennis Gremelmayer (Germany), 3:6, 6:4 , 7:6 (6). 19-year old Bulgarian record 19 and success in their last 20 games by the end of July and has secured 15 points for world rankings and 1020 dollars. 27-year-old Dmitry Tursunov, a former number 20 in world rankings, but after a series of injuries in the last year slipped to 487 th place in the ATP. He has six titles in his career and has earned almost 3.5 million dollars in prize money. They have not met before.