2024-08-27 01:54:07
Grigor Dimitrov is slowly catching up with the stars of previous generations.
The best Bulgarian tennis player in history is already number 6 in consecutive appearances in the “Grand Slam” tournaments. The former world No. 3 plays in the US Open against qualifier Kyrian Jacquet (Fr).
For Dimitrov, this is the 55th Slam tournament without a break. The series began at the Australian Open in 2011. Grigor then saw off Matteo Viola (It), Reda El Amrani (Mar) and Thomas Scorel (Hall) to enter the main draw of qualifying. In the first round, he defeated Andrey Golubev (Kaz), before losing to Stanislas Wawrinka. At the time, the Swiss had not yet officially announced that he wanted to be called Stan.
Until the US Open, our tennis player shared the 6th place with Stefan Edberg. The Swedish legend of the service-net style was #1 in the world rankings and has 6 Grand Slam titles. Already at the beginning of the next season at the Australian Open, Grigor should catch up with Wayne Ferreira, and possibly overtake him at Roland Garros, because the pride of South Africa has 56 consecutive appearances in the “Grand Slam”.