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Grigor Dimitrov beats David Goffin, wins ATP title in London

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Grigor Dimitrov claimed the biggest victory in his career, triumphing at the last ATP tournament for the season in London, with USD 8 million in prize money. 

Number 6 seeded Grigor Dimitrov won a hard-fought victory versus David Goffin, Belgium in the finals by 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 after two and a half hours of play.

The 26-year old Bulgarian tennis player won all of his five matches in London, grabbing the maximum of 1,500 points which means he will be ending the year as the world's number 3 with 5,150 points. Number 1 is Rafael Nadal, Spain with 10,645 points, number 2 - Roger Federer, Switzerland with 9,605 points.


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