Nick Kyrgios is the First Opponent of Dimitrov in Indian Wells

As 11th seeded player of the main draw of Indian Wells Masters Grigor Dimitrov starts directly from the second round of the tournament. His first opponent will be the Australian hope Nick Kyrgios. The 19-years-old Kyrios is at 37th position of the ATP World Tour ranking. In the first round he defeated the representative of the hosts Denis Kudla. Kyrios reached the quarter-finals at this year's edition of Australian Open where he lost to Andy Murray. DImitrov and Kyrios did not meet before at official ATP Tour matches.

Grigor Dimitrov and Mardy Fish lost in the first round of the doubles tournament to the Spanish pair David Ferrer and Fernando Verdasco 3-6 4-6.

In his previous three participations at Indian Wells Masters Grigor Dimitrov was not able to go further than the third round. In 2012 he lost to then No 5 David Ferrer in the second round. In 2013 No 1 Novak Djokovic beat the Bulgarian in the third round. Last year Grigor beat No 46 Haase in the second round but lost to then No 22 Ernests Gulbis in the third round.