In the first round of the qualifications of the 42,000 EUR ATP Challenger on grass in Nottingham, Great Britain, Grigor Dimitrov defeated the localSean Thornley with a convincing result of 6-3 6-2.

In the second round of the qualifications Dimitrov will play the winner of the match between Riccardo Ghedin of Italy, Seed 8, ATP Rank 257 and the wild card entry Brit Oliver Evans who is still not in the ATP rankings.