Bulgarian Tennis Star Grigor Dimitrov to Face Seed 1 in Helsinki

Bulgarian tennis star Grigor Dimitrov will face Seed 1, Germeny's Tobias Kamke, in the first round of the ATP Challenger in Helsinki. Photo by BGNES

Bulgaria's top male tennis player, Grigor Dimitrov, will face Seed 1 Tobias Kamke from Germany in the first round of the EUR 106,500 ATP Challenger in Helsinki, Finland.

The 24-year-old Kamke currently ranks 67th in the ATP ranking, which is his best position so far. In January 2010, the German started from 254th place and moved forward by 187 position by November.

The 19-year-old Bulgarian star faced Kamke once, in the first round of the qualifications of US Open, and defeated him by 6-3, 7-5.

If he manages to defeat him again, in the second round Dimitrov will play against the winner of the match between the Russians Konstantin Kravchuk and Alexander Kudryavtsev.

The Bulgarian tennis star defeated them both at the ATP Challenger in Bangkok, Thailand in September, where he won the final.

Dimitrov was recently announced 2010 Best Men's Prospect by the UK multi-sports website Sportinglife.com.

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