Ace at Queen's, now can Dimitrov be king of Wimbledon?


  • Tennis
  • Monday, 16 Jun 2014

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov returns the ball to Spain's Feliciano Lopez during their men's singles final tennis match at the Queen's Club Championships in west London June 15, 2014. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

LONDON (Reuters) - When Grigor Dimitrov grasped the Queen's Club trophy after winning the Aegon Championships on Sunday a quick glance at the names engraved on its plinth might have given him goose bumps.

In edging past Spain's Feliciano Lopez in a gripping contest the 23-year-old Bulgarian, long-regarded as a future grand slam champion, etched his name alongside some of the greatest exponents of the grasscourt arts.

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