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Posted on December 3, 2010 - by G Force

Grigor Dimitrov got a $ 2000 fine

Grigor Dimitrov was fined $ 2000 at the Challenger in Helsinki after he “pushed” the umpire of his chair and started cursing at him at the end of the semi-final match against Lithuanian Richard Berankis. An article about the incident was published on the Helsingin Sanomat: “There were hot moments in the Helsinki Challenger when Dimitrov pushed the Austrian referee Daniel Infanger. Dimitrov pushed and bad-mouthed the umpire. The situation had the potential to become worse but an Italian colleague of Infanger went between them.
“The immunity of the umpire is a sacred thing in sports. You can disagree with calls but this was way out of line” said the president of the Finnish umpire’s association Antti Aine, who saw the incident close up.

The Bulgarian got a 2000 dollar fine for the incident and according to tournament supervisor Carmelo Di Dio it is possible that the ATP will give further penalties to Dimitrov.”

Posted on December 3, 2010 - by G Force

Grigor Dimitrov moves to position No 106 in the ATP Rank List

Grigor Dimitrov has reached the prestigious 106th position in the ATP Rank List with a total of 536 points. He needed just one more win to enter the top 100, but unfortunately he ended the year with a loss, after he dropped out the semifinals of the tournament series ‘Challenger’ in Helsinki (Finland) with prize money over €106,500.

According to the President of the Bulgarian Tennis Federation Stefan Tsvetkov, Dimitrov was injured and because of that injury he could not play the final. He lost his last match for this year 6:7 (5), 6:0, 1:6 to world’s number 119 – Richard Berankis.