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Grigor Dimitrov starts participation in Wimbledon with victory

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Bulgaria’s best tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has started his participation in the Wimbledon with a victory. Dimitrov was semi-finalist in the tournament in 2014 and champion in the Wimbledon Junior Championships in 2008. In the first round of this year's edition of the championships he faced American Bjorn Fratangelo, who holds the 112th place in the world rankings. Grigor Dimitrov, who currently occupies 37th place in the ATP rankings, successfully broke his streak of six consecutive losses and won 6:3, 6:4, 6:2.



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