2024-07-01 06:43:41
Simply by stepping onto the courtroom for his first Wimbledon match, Grigor Dimitrov might be equal to one of many legends in tennis.
The most effective Bulgarian on this sport of all time has to satisfy Dusan Lajovic (Sir) in the present day, with the match in London beginning at 1 p.m. our time.
Grigor will start his participation within the 54th consecutive Grand Slam event (probably the most of these nonetheless enjoying). The previous No. 1 from Sweden and two-time champion of “Wimbledon” Stefan Edberg (“Wimbledon’83” – US Open’96) has as a lot. The 2 would tie for sixth on the all-time checklist. Main with 79 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments is Feliciano Lopez (Spain).
Dimitrov’s streak started on the 2011 Australian Open when he noticed off Matteo Viola (It), Reda El Amrani (Mar) and Thomas Scorel (Nid) within the qualifiers, in the primary draw he beat Andrey Golubev (Kaz) earlier than dropping by Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland).
Dimitrov is one in every of three (together with Novak Djokovic and Wawrinka) energetic tennis gamers with a minimum of 50 consecutive appearances within the “Grand Slam”.
On the Wimbledon ladies’s aspect, Viktoria Tomova, who’s now No. 48 on the planet, performs with Blue Van (Keith).