Grigor Dimitrov, placed third in the ATP 250 tournament in Melbourne, has advanced to the quarterfinals. The best Bulgarian tennis player won 5:7, 7:6 (3), 6:3 against Facundo Bagnis from Argentina, who is 76th in the world rankings.
Dimitrov's next opponent is determined in the match between the eighth in the scheme Mackenzie McDonald (USA) vs. Botic van de Zandschulp (Netherlands).
Dimitrov continues his participation in the doubles tournament, too. Together with David Goffin from Belgium, they face Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Kazakhstan) and Aisam-Ul-HaqQureshi (Pakistan).
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the first Bulgarian expedition to climb Everest, the world's highest peak. On 20 April 1984, 41-year-old Hristo Prodanov climbed the most difficult western slope without an oxygen mask . He reached the..
Petar Stoychev has become the first Bulgarian to swim the Strait of Gibraltar under the Oceans Seven rules without a wetsuit. Stoychev covered the distance from the European coast in the Spanish town of Tarifa to the African coast in Morocco in..
Bulgaria's Viktorio Iliev has become European boxing champion at the EUBC Youth Men and Women European Boxing Championships in Poreč, Croatia, in the under-60 kg category. In the final, he defeated Bohdan Cheldyk from Ukraine. Bulgaria..
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