Bulgaria’s best tennis player Grigor Dimitrov qualified for the third round of the 2024 Shanghai Masters with a prize fund of USD 9 million. The ninth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov defeated Zizou Bergs (Belgium) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. The match began on Saturday but was suspended due to rain. It also rained on Sunday, and the match had to be finished today. Dimitrov’s next opponent will be 20th-seed Alexei Popyrin (Australia).
In the second round of the tennis tournament, Popyrin (ATP Rank 24) defeated Miomir Kecmanovic (Serbia) 6:3, 6:2. Popyrin holds a 2-1 lead against Dimitrov. In August, he defeated Dimitrov at the Montreal Masters.
The draw for the FIDE Women’s World Cup, which begins on July 5 in Batumi (Georgia), has been finalized. Among the 107 competitors are three Bulgarian chess players — Nurgyul Salimova, Antoaneta Stefanova and Nadya Stefanova. In 2023,..
Bulgaria topped the medal standings at the 3rd FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships in Sofia. The team won a total of six medals – four gold and two bronze ones. The Bulgarian gymnasts became world champions in the..
Hristo Tsvetkov won the Vitosha 100 km ultra-marathon and mountain-biking race for the fifth consecutive time, improving his own record. According to the Bulgarian News Agency BTA, he finished the 100-kilometre course in 6:56:40, which is 42 minutes..
Bulgaria’s U19 women’s volleyball team achieved a prestigious victory over the reigning world champion USA in their fourth group-stage match at the..
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