Dimitrov Starts Against Local Player at the Qualifications in Dubai

Dimitrov Starts Against Local Player at the Qualifications in Dubai
18 February 2011
At the start of the qualifications of th ATP 500 tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Grigor Dimitrov will play the 30-years-old Mahmoud-Nader Al Baloushi. The local wild card owner is not listed in the ATP ranking. He entered 2 times in the qualifications of this same tournament and one time in he main draw and lost all 3 matches. In fact he won only 1 match in ITF and ATP tournaments, back in 2002 in the qualifications of a $10K Futures in Spain he defeated an Egyptian tennis player.

The match is second in a row at Court 1 and will start at about 9:30 - 10:00 CET on Saturday.

The opponent of Dimitrov in the main draw entry decisive match would be the winner of the match between Julian Reister of Germany, Seed 8, ATP rank 123, and Rik de Voest, WC, ATP rank 162.

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