The first racket of Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov was defeated in the first round of the tennis tournament on hard courts from the “Challenger” series of the ATR in the Greek city Rhodes. The grand prize of the tournament is 85 000 euro.

The 17 year old Bulgarian talent lost to Benjamin Beker (Germany) with 2:6, 3:6 within 57 minutes of play. The Bulgarian who participated in the tournament with a “wild card”, won 885 euro for his participation in the main draw.