Kevin Anderson of South Africa, ATP rank 148, is the opponent of Grigor Dimitrov in the first round of the main draw 42,500 EUR challenger in Todi, Italy. The 23-years-old South African is seed 4 of the tournament. Anderson lost in the first round of the qualifications of US Open 2 weeks ago while in July and August 2009 he played finals of the challengers in Binghampton, USA, and Granby, Canada. Anderson won the challenger in San Remo in May. The highest ranking of Kevin is 95 back in June 2008.

If successful Grigor Dimitrov would face the winner of the match between the Italians Enrico Burzi and Francesco Aldi in the second round.