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Grigor Dimitrov advances to third round at Wimbledon

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Bulgaria’s best tennis player Grigor Dimitrov won the match versus Ilya Ivashka (Belarus) by 6:3, 6:4 and 6:4 and qualified for the third round of the Wimbledon championships in London. Dimitrov defeated easily his Belarusian opponent. He closed the match with 11 aces and 31 winners.

In the third round of the tournament Dimitrov is to play versus the No 10 seed Frances Tiafoe (USA). This will be the fourth match between Dimitrov and Tiafoe. So far, Grigor Dimitrov has two victories and one loss. 




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