Dimitrov with Tough Victory against Lorenzi at Australian Open

Bulgaria's highest-ranking tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has won a tough match against Paolo Lorenzi (Italy), making it into the second round of Australian Open.

It took Dimitrov 2 h 27 min to defeat Lorenzi 6:3, 7:6 (8), 6:3, in a contested encounter against the world's No. 57.

Dimitrov has gradually slumped to No. 28 since the end of 2014, down from the Top 10.

However, after a long hiatus he made it into a final last week at Apia International in Sydney, but lost to Viktor Troicki.

His next opponent at Australian Open will be either Marco Trungelliti (Argentina) or Jozef Kovalik (Slovakia).

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