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Grigor against veteran Houston 2.04.2011

The best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov will meet veteran Rainer Shutler (Germany) in the first round of the clay courts in Houston (U.S.) in prize money 442,500 dollars. The competition starts on Monday.

70 th in the world Dimitrov was seeded 8 in the main draw and has a guaranteed 4580 dollars. If successful 19-year-old Haskovo work 20 points for the ranking of ATP and 7715 dollars. Rival in the second round does will be the winner of the match between Teymuraz Gabashvili (Russia) and qualifier.

Former world number 5 Shutler was 87 at the moment. 34-year-old German is 180 cm tall and weighs 75 kg. He has four titles in his career and earned U.S. $ 7269353 in prize money as a professional. They have not met before. Dimitrov became the first Bulgarian tennis player who is on the ATP tournament.