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Progress Pironkova Dimitrov and rankings 17.10.2011

The best Bulgarian tennis Grigor Dimitrov and Tsvetana Pironkova recorded a slight rise in the renewed world rankings for men and women.

Dimitrov climbs up two places and is now 70th in the world. Bulgarian record a victory against Marcel Ilhan of the Masters Series tournament in Shanghai and in the second round strong game against former No. 1 Andy Roddick, but lost in straight sets. This week Grisham will take part in the Stockholm Open with a prize of 531,000 dollars. In the first round he will meet American Suiting Ryan, who is 66th in the rankings, this will be the first match between the two. The match is scheduled for tomorrow.

Pironkova also predvizhva up two places in the new rankings and climbed to number 47. Wimbledon semi-finalist in 2010 died last week from tomorrow and will begin participating in "Kremlin Cup" in Moscow. The tournament prize fund is 721,000 dollars, and in his first game Pironkova will face Croatian Petra Martic, which is two places behind the Bulgarian in the world rankings. Both the game and this year's Wimbledon, the color recording a convincing victory 6-3, 6-1 in the match of their second round.

Briton Andy Murray today officially number 3 in the world, replacing Roger Federer in this position. Japanese Kei Nishikori, who reached the semifinals of the Masters in Shanghai, recording a record in the history of his country, reaching the 30th place in the rankings. Read laced battle for the final ranking of Masters in London, having left only three seats available for the prestigious tournament. Go for them Tomas Berdych, Mardy Fish, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, buttheir chances are even Nicolas Almagro, Gilles Simon and Juan Martin del Potro.