Grigor Dimitrov Starts against Joao Sousa in Kuala Lumpur

Grigor Dimitrov will play no 47 Joao Sousa of Portugal in the second round of Malaysian Open in Kuala Lupmpur. The Bulgarian skipped the first round as 4th seeded player. The second-round match Dimitrov-Sousa is not before 12:15 pm CET (13:15 Sofia time) on Thursday.

In the first round of US Open in 2013 Joao Sousa upset Grigor Dimitrov3-6 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-2. And in 2012 Dimitrov reached to victory in the second round of the qualifications of ATP 250 tournament in Nice, France.

On Wednesday Grigor Dimitrov and his partner Leander Paes of India lost the first round doubles match to Rameez Junaid of Australia and Jonathan Marray of Great Britain5-7 6-1 [4-10].

Grigor Dimitrov will work with Franco Davin,the former coach of Juan Martin del Potro. The Argentinian coach and Dimitrov will be together at the tournaments in Malaysia and Japan and only then will decide if they will continue their collaboration.