site.btaGrigor Dimitrov Advances to Second Round at Wimbledon

Petya Petrova

AP, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria plays a backhand return to Dusan Lajovic of Serbia during their first round match of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

London,

01.07.2024 17:46

(BTA)

Tenth-seed Grigor Dimitrov scored a three-set victory on Monday in his first round match at the most prestigious grass court tennis tournament in the world - Wimbledon. The Bulgarian achieved a 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 win over world No. 56 Dusan Lajovic in one hour and 46 minutes.

Last year Dimitrov reached the fourth round of the competition.

In the second round, Dimitrov will play 19-year-old Chinese player Juncheng Shang. The two have not played each other so far.

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