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Bulgarian fourth seed Grigor Dimitrov reached his first Monte Carlo Masters semi-final with a hard-fought win over Belgium's David Goffin.

Dimitrov, 26, won 6-4 7-6 (7-5) against sixth seed Goffin, who was leading 5-1 in the second set.

Spain's world number one Rafael Nadal takes on Austrian third seed Dominic Thiem with the winner playing Dimitrov.

Grigor Dimitrov remained fourth in the world tennis rankings. The best Bulgarian tennis player, who dropped out last week in the second round of the Masters Series in Indian Wells, has a total of 4600 points.

He is already in Miami where he is preparing for his next tournament. The competition starts on March 21 and Dimitrov is placed under number 3 in the scheme.

Grigor Dimitrov confirmed the participation of the Queens Club in London in June. The competition is a general rehearsal before the third year of the Wimbledon Grand Slam tournament.

Grigor Dimitrov starts his participation in the "ATP 500" category tournament in Dubai with the ambitions for a ninth title and return to third place in the world rankings. The 26-year-old Bulgarian is placed under number 1 in the scheme after the departure of Roger Federer, and if he reaches the final, he will replace Marin Cilic from the 3rd place in the world ranking.

Grigor Dimitrov retains his fourth position in the ATP world rankings. The Bulgarian did not play tournaments last week, preparing for the Dubai race.

Dimitrov has 4635 points, ranking the oldest leader in the standings - 36-year-old Roger Federer (10,105), Rafael Nadal (9760 points) and Marin Cilic (4960 points).

The player in the tournament under №3 Grigor Diimtrov lost to Kyle Edmund (GBR) 4:6, 6:3, 3:6, 4:6 and was eliminated in quarter-finals of the Australian Open - the first tournament of Grand Slam tennis for the season.

Grigor Dimitrov will go out for the quarterfinals at the Australian Open against Kyle Edmund on Tuesday afternoon.

The meeting of the Bulgarian is the last of the daily session of the central court  and will begin not before 5:30 am Bulgarian time.

Grigor Dimitrov is No. 3 in the world rankings. The Bulgarians failed to defend his title from Brisbane and lost 160 points from his assets.

With 4990, the Bulgarian led with 380 points the fourth Alexander Zverev, who had not yet participated in an official tournament in 2018, and in the first week of the new year he was in Perth for Hopman Cup.

Grigor Dimitrov achieved one of his biggest goals for 2017. The Bulgarian will officially play in the final ATP Masters next month in London, reports Sportal. 

Marin Cilic who is 4th in the world ranking also qualified along with Dimitrov to the last  tournament of the season. They took advantage of Sam Querrey's loss in the first round of the tournament in Vienna.

News has emerged that three matches at the recently concluded Wimbledon tournament have aroused suspicions of match-fixing.

Roger Federer emerged victorious at this year’s men’s singles event with his dominant win over Marin Cilic while Garbine Muguruza won her first ever title at SW19 with her win over Venus Williams in what was regarded as a successful event overall.