Robin Haase

Stefanos Tsitsipas followed up his maiden ATP title in Stockholm last week by brushing aside Jeremy Chardy in straight sets in the first round of the Swiss Indoors tournament in Basel on Wednesday.

It was the 20-year-old Greek's 40th win of the season, compared to only four last year, and earned him a second round tie with German Peter Gojowczyk.

Bulgaria's best tennis player Grigor Dimitrov ended ingloriously his participation in the tournament, "Rogers Cup" in Montreal, Canada.

Dimitrov was eliminated in the third round of the tournament by Dutchman Robin Haase, after loss of 6:7 (3), 6:4, 1:6. He did not find his best game in this match and he made first loss of this rival in the meetings between them so far.

Grigor Dimitrov qualified for the third round of the Masters Series in Montreal after winning agaist Misha Zverev (Germany) with 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3  but eighth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga lost 6-1 3-6 6-4 to Sam Querrey while ninth seed David Goffin whent down 7-5 6-3 to Hyeon Chung.

Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov, who will play under number 7, will begin his singles tournament in Montreal today (August 9th). The Bulgarian was resting in the first round and his rival for the second will be 29-year-old Misha Zverev, reported bTV.

Bulgaria's highest-ranking tennis player Grigor Dimitrov will face Jerzy Janowich of Poland on Thursday, in the first match of an ATP tournament he is playing in his homeland.

The game is set for after 18:00 local time (EET).

Tickets are still available at BGN 20, BGN 30 and BGN 50. Children and pensioners can purchase tickets at BGN 10, 15 or 25.

For the first time in history, Bulgaria hosts a tournament from the ATP World Tour.

The first edition of Garanti Koza Sofia Open began on Monday and will last until Sunday, with the Arena Armeec hall being the venue for the matches.

The draw took place on Saturday, qualifications followed on Saturday and Sunday and the matches from the first round began on Monday.

LONDON - Serbia's best tennis player Novak Djokovic qualified for the Wimbledon ATP third round as he defeated Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic in the second round match late on Wednesday, 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-5).

After nearly three and a half hours of strenuous game, Djokovic managed to score his 11th victory in the matches against Stepanek.

ROME - Serbian tennis player Nenad Zimonjic and Canada's Daniel Nestor won the Rome Masters ATP in men doubles as the beat Dutch Robin Haase and Spain's Feliciano Lopez in the final match on Sunday, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2).

This is the 27th title won by Zimonjic and Nestor so far and their third medal in this season. They previously won Sydney and Madrid tournaments.

Đoković beats Nadal, claims Rome Masters title

ROME -- Novak Đoković won the Rome Masters ATP as he beat the former champion, Spain's Rafael Nadal, in the final match on Sunday, 2-1 (4-6, 6-3, 6-3).

Đoković thus won his third trophy this season, after the tournaments in Miami and Indian Wells.

ROME - Serbian tennis player Nenad Zimonjic and Canada's Daniel Nestor qualified for the men's doubles final at the Rome Masters ATP as they defeated Bob and Michael Bryan of the U.S. in the semifinal match on Saturday, 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 12-10.