ATP: Grigor Dimitrov puts a basket in his home tournament for 2019

Grigor Dimitrov is unlikely to serve at his home tournament in Sofia. The Bulgarian does not see any positive effects of this event for the Bulgarian tennis.

The ATP 250 tournament in Sofia has not yet been held for a particularly long time – the first tournament took place in 2016. With Roberto Bautista Agut and Grigor Dimitrov, two players who have been playing in or near the top of the world for years have already entered themselves on the list of winners. And for the coming year, too, a number of interesting players have already made their names, above all Karen Khachanov, the winner of the last Masters 1000 tournament of 2018 in Paris-Bercy.

Stan Wawrinka, a three-time Major winner, will also come to Sofia, flanked by Stefanos Tsitsipas, the amazing young Greek who is already in 15th place in the ATP charts. Who’s missing from the list? The local hero, Grigor Dimitrov just now.

“At the moment it doesn’t look good that I’m playing in Sofia,” Dimitrov told the TV channel bTV. “We have decided to play Rotterdam and Acapulco. I know this may be a little disappointing, but I don’t see why I should feel pressure to play a private tournament.”

What exactly Dimitrov meant by that, he left open. But what generally disturbs iohn is not: “Why do we not only give the ATP players a chance, but above all ours, the Bulgarian players? And why aren’t there more Challenger and Futures in Bulgaria?” If you want to support tennis in your home country, you have to do it the right way.