Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov lost the match against the world's number 8 Gilles Simon in the first round of the Marseille Tournament.
Second-seeded Gilles Simon came back from 5-2 down in the last set to beat Grigor Dimitrov 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the first round of the Open 13 on Tuesday.

The Bulgarian was very near the success, after leading with 5:2 in the decisive third set and 30:0 points in the game, but eventually was defeated by the hosts' representative with 6:4, 3:6, 5:7.

The Bulgarian started the match in a very confident way and did not seem embarrassed by his rival's class.

Dimitrov, who won two junior grand slam titles last year, served for the match and was two points from victory over the 2007 champion.

"From the moment I broke back, I felt much better," Simon said. "That hurt him physically and mentally, and I won the next games quite easily."

He saved three break points at 5-4 to take the first set. The eighth-ranked Simon broke Dimitrov at 2-1 in the second set and held on to tie it at one set apiece.

"It was very tough," Simon said. "I played against a very solid opponent who's really strong behind the baseline. He showed that he has the level to compete against the very best."

Grigor leaves the tournament without any points for his active but the fact that he played an equal match against France's No. 1 and winning a set against a tennis player of the world's top 10 may be enough for his confidence for now.

Madonna in Bulgaria in 2009!

In 2009 Madonna's tour "Sticky &Sweet Tour" will include Bulgaria! The tour will also go through Bulgaria, Hungary, Russia, Romania and Serbia.
The specific dates will be published on http://www.madonna.com/, Live Nation, the superstar's producers announce.

On January 28 Madonna announced that she's coming back to Europe and will visit places she's never been to.

Several days later the Queen of Pop announced that Bulgaria is also among those countries. The tour starts in July 4 in London.

"This will be my first time", Madonna shares. "I've never made such a big tour before. I'm so excited to visit places totally unknown to me".

The "Sticky&Sweet" Tour is already a record breaking tour as the most successful tour of a solo-performer in the history of music. Madonna has earned $ 290 mln from this tour.

It is still unspecified who the Bulgarian promoter will be, but the opening act most probably will be Paul Oakenfold, as he supports Madonna in all her stadium concerts.

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