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Grigor Dimitrov voted Balkan Athlete of 2017

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Bulgaria’s best tennis player Grigor Dimitrov was voted Balkan Athlete of 2017 in the traditional survey of the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency. Dimitrov is the first Bulgarian tennis player who won that award. Grigor Dimitrov earned 62 points in the survey after climbing to the 3rd position in the ATP tennis rankings and winning four titles, including the Cincinnati Masters and the ATP World Tour Finals in London. The twenty six-year-old Bulgarian placed ahead of world No 1 female tennis player Simona Halep (Romania) who earned 60 points. Athlete Ramil Guliyev (Turkey) who won the 200 m world championship title placed 3rd in the ranking with 49 points. Grigor Dimitrov is the first Bulgarian athlete winning the prize after Stanka Zlateva (wrestling) in 2010.




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