Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2023 All Rights Reserved

Grigor Dimitrov qualifies for third round of Roland Garros

Photo: BGNES

Bulgaria’s best tennis player Grigor Dimitrov scored a difficult victory 6-7 (3), 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3 over Croatian No. 11 seed Marin Cilic and qualified for the third round of Roland Garros tennis tournament. Dimitrov will play for the fourth time in his career in the third round of the French Open where he will face Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland). So far Dimitrov has 4 victories and 4 defeats in 8 matches against Wawrinka.


Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Beloslava Krasteva

Beloslava Krasteva takes the lead at the World Junior Chess Championship

Beloslava Krasteva defeated Roxangel Obregon Garcia (Cuba) in the 9th round of the 2023 FIDE World Junior Chess Championship in Mexico City. Krasteva played with the white pieces. Two rounds before the end of the competition the Bulgarian chess..

published on 9/30/23 11:51 AM
Петър Стойчев

New ice water adventure for swimmer Petar Stoychev - in Mongolia

Petar Stoychev, recognized as the most successful marathon swimmer in the world, is undertaking a new ice challenge. The Bulgarian swimmer is off to Mongolia to take part in a round of the Ice Swimming World Cup for the 2023/2024 season .  The..

published on 9/29/23 6:33 PM

Grigor Dimitrov scores his 400th victory in professional tennis

Grigor Dimitrov now has 400 victories at the ATP level in his career, after winning 6:3, 6:4 over world number 70 Juan Pablo Varillas from Peru . The Bulgarian tennis player qualified for the quarter-finals of the ATP 250 category tournament in the..

published on 9/23/23 1:59 PM