Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov to Participate in 2 More ATP Challengers

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov will participate in two more ATP Challengers that could provide him with enough ranking points to enter top 100. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria's top male tennis star, Grigor Dimitrov, will have two more opportunities to enter the world's top 100 by the end of 2010.

The 19-year-old Bulgarian will play in two more ATP Challengers - in the EUR 42,500 tournament in Aachen, Germany and in the EUR 106,500 tournament in Helsinki, Finland.

Currently, Dimitrov ranks 112th and has a total of 497 ranking points. He needs at least 60 ranking points more to enter the world's top 100.

The tournament in Aachen begins next week. Rainer Schuttler, Dustin Brown, Steve Darcis, Blaz Kavcic, Richard Berankis and Ilija Bozoljac have confirmed their participation.

The main draw will be published on Saturday. The first round matches will be played on Monday and Tuesday.

The ATP Challenger in Helsinki begins November 22. It will feature nine tennis players that are currently in the top 100 – Lukasz Kubot, Tobias Kamke, Marco Chiudinelli, Somdev Devvarman, Teymuraz Gabashvili, Adrian Mannarino, Dudi Sela, Mischa Zverev and Michal Przysiezny.

The main draw will feature 14 participants that are in the top 120. This tournament is very important for tennis players that are currently between top 100 and top 120 because could manage to get the necessary ranking points and land in the main draw for Australian Open next year.

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