Dominic Thiem

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.

Alexander Zverev and Grigor Dimitrov both recovered from slow starts to book their places in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday.

Third seed Zverev was a set down against Giles Muller before recovering strongly in the second and third sets for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory.

For the first time since October 2012, Grand Slam winning record holder Roger Federer has again climbed to the top of the world tennis rankings. At 36, the Swiss replaced Rafael Nadal (Spain) and officially became the oldest number one in history. The previous record holder was Andre Agassi (USA), who headed the ATP rankings at 33 in 2003.

MELBOURNE - Serbia's greatest-ever tennis player Novak Djokovic lost 10-6 to Australia's Lleyton Hewitt in the quarter-finals of the Tie Break Tens exhibition tournament in Melbourne on Wednesday.

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.

Rafael Nadal ended his participation in the ATP final tournament in London, sportal reported. World number 1 announced his decision minutes after losing his first match in Pete Sampras by David Goffin (Belgium) with 7: 6, 6:7 and 6:4.

Bulgaria's best tennis player Grigor Dimitrov achieved a dramatic victory in his first game in the ATP finals in London. In his debut in the eighth best tournament of the season, the 6th-placed Bulgarian defeated the world number 4 Dominic Thiem  with 6:3, 5:7, 7:5.

Grigor Dimitrov took all fans of tennis behind the scenes at the official dinner before the start of the ATP final tournament in London. In the exclusive video the Bulgarian showed the atmosphere and some of the teasers before the race.

The eight tennis players were riding a boat, and Grigor grabbed the microphone and i talked with all his opponents.

Several Days until the start of the ATP finals in London, where fans will watch the 8 best tennis players in the calendar year.

Grigor Dimitrov came into the group of World No. 1 Rafael Nadal for the ATP Final Masters in London.

The Bulgarian will make his debut in the final Masters after an extraordinary season, winning three titles - Brisbane, Sofia and Cincinnati.

ABU DHABI - Serbia's all-time best male tennis player Novak Djokovic will make a return to the tennis court at an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi in late December after being sidelined for five months with an elbow injury.

The impressive line-up of the December 28-30 tournament also includes Stan Wawrinka, Rafael Nadal, Pablo Carreno Busta, Dominic Thiem and Milos Raonic.