Even though he won the first set, in the round of 16 at the Wimbledon championships Grigor Dimitrov succumbed to No. 6 seed Holger Rune by 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-7 (4), 3-6. The match between 32-year old Dimitrov, and the 20-year old player from Denmark lasted 3 hours and 20 minutes, and is the only match played between the two so far.
Rositsa Dencheva, in the girls’ event, put up an excellent performance, qualifying for the third round, after defeating Ela Milic, Slovenia by 6-2, 6-3. She is to play the winner from the match between Clervie Ngounoue, USA and Isabelle Lacy, UK.
Two more Bulgarian contestants will be playing today – in the second juniors round, Iliyan Radulov will be playing versus No. 38 seed Matic Kriznik, Slovenia and Iva Ivanova, in tandem with Malwina Rowinska, Poland, in the girls’ event versus Blackford/Roach, UK.
Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov has been nominated for the World Tennis Association’s Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award. He will be vying against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, Casper Ruud of Norway and Dominic Thiem of Austria. In 2023, Grigor Dimitrov..
The Bulgarian national football team drew 1-1 with Belarus in the final round of the group stage of the Nations League. Vasil Panayotov scored for Bulgaria in the 13th minute . Yury Kovalev from Belarus equalized in the 70th minute. Bulgaria..
Bulgaria’s best tennis player Grigor Dimitrov ended the 2024 season in the Top 10 of the world rankings. The 33-year-old Bulgarian has an asset of 3350 points and retains his 10th position. This is Dimitrov's best achievement since the end of 2017,..
Bulgarian Karlos Nasar won the world title in the men's 89 kg category at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championship in Manama. Nasar set two world..
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