The Bulgarian is a two-time champion in the Australian city.
Bulgaria’s first racket Grigor Dimitrov will start the new season in Brisbane. The 34-year-old from Haskovo has announced his participation in the ATP 250 tournament in the Australian city, which will start on January 5, the organizers of the competition announced.
Brisbane is a favorite place for Grigor. He is a two-time champion there – 2017 (three sets against Kei Nishikori) and 2024 (a clean victory over Holger Rune). In addition, he has one lost final in 2013 to Andy Murray. Last year, Dimitrov played a semi-final, but was eliminated after withdrawing due to injury.
“I am very excited to return to Brisbane. The fans are fantastic and I really love playing at the Pat Rafter Arena. I have some great memories from the tournament over the years and I look forward to making more of them next January”, he commented on the official website of the tournament.
Bulgaria’s best tennis player missed almost half of the past campaign due to a partially torn pectoral muscle – an injury that occurred in July at Wimbledon in his match with Jannik Sinner. He returned to the Tour in late October at the Masters tournament in Paris, where he coped with Giovanni Mpetshi Pericard in the opening round, but withdrew before his second match in the French capital due to shoulder pain, which finally ended his season. Dimitrov was supposed to take the court against Daniil Medvedev.
Ultimately, he finished the season outside the top 40 of the world rankings. | BGNES