Grigor Dimitrov and American Sebastian Korda started with a win in the doubles tournament of the competition in Brisbane, Australia. They prevailed 2:6, 7:5, 10:4 over the extremely strong tandem of Sriram Balaji/Vlad Kornea in a first round encounter. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes.
Dimitrov and Korda lost the first part with 2:6. In the second, with a score of 5:4, the Bulgarian-American tandem had four opportunities to close the set, but did not take advantage. However, a little later, in the 12th game, they evened the sets, taking it 7:5.
In the decisive tiebreak, the best Bulgarian tennis player and the son of the legend Petr Korda took the initiative from the beginning and did not let it go, for ultimate success in the match.
In the second round, the pair will play No. 6 seeds in the main draw, Harry Heliovara of Finland and John Pearce of Australia.
In singles, Dimitrov drew a tough draw. Already in the first round, he faces the former world number 1 and two-time winner of the tournament. /BGNES
