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Bulgaria's Dimitrov Stuns Mahut in Queens

1 min read Source: Novinite

From our news archive: this article was published in June 2012. Figures and rules may have changed since.

Bulgaria's top male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov defeated Frenchman Nicolas Mahut 7-6(3), 6-4 in the third round of the AEGON Championships at Queens Club in London.

Mahut broke the 21-year-old Bulgarian early on, but Dimitrov fought back to win the difficult first set.

The talented youngster was much more energetic than his opponent in the second set, easing to the quarter-finals where he will meet ninth seed Kevin Anderson.

Anderson overcame fifth seed Feliciano Lopez 7-6 (12/10) 7-6 (9/7) on court one.

By making it to the second round, Grisho, as he is known with his fans, won 45 points for the global ranking, and USD 15 265.

Originally published by Novinite.

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