Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov qualified for the 8th finals of the Australian Open – the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. In a midnight match he defeated Richard Gasquet, France with ease – 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. This is Dimitrov’s second victory versus Gasquet in a total of seven matches.
This will be the third time Grigor Dimitrov will be taking part in the 4th round of the Australian open since 2014 and 2015. In 2014 he reached the quarter finals and in 2015 – the eighth finals. For a place among the top 8 he will be facing the biggest surprise in the tournament so far – Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan who eliminated champion Novak Djokovic, Serbia in the second round.
The national football teams of Bulgaria and Georgia met in a match for the World Cup qualifiers played in Tbilisi. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Nika Gagnidze gave the lead in the first half, and midway through the second Georges Mikautadze shaped the..
Ivan Ivanov won the title at the US Open Junior Tennis Championships. In the Junior Boys’ Singles final, the No 1 seeded Bulgarian defeated his compatriot Alexander Vasilev 7–5, 6–3 after 74 minutes of play. Ivan Ivanov finished with 19 winners..
For the first time in tennis history, two Bulgarians will compete for the title at the US Open Junior Tennis Championships. Ivan Ivanov and Alexander Vasilev will face each other in the junior final after winning their matches in the semifinals...
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