sets at the 2022 Mutua Madrid Open. At Wimbledon he retired in the first round against Steve Johnson. At the 2022 National Bank Open he reached the second round in singles and in doubles with Andrey Rublev defeating Canadian wildcard debutant Alexis Galarneau and Wimbledon doubles champions Ebden/Purcell respectively. The pair also reached the second round of the 2022 Western & Southern Open defeating Dan Evans and John Peers. Following two straight first round losses at the 2022 Sofia Open and the 2022 Stockholm Open he won his opening match at the 2022 Erste Bank Open in Vienna against Thiago Monteiro. Next he defeated world No. 8 and third seed Andrey Rublev (his 30th Top-10 win) to reach the quarterfinals and Marcos Giron to reach his third semifinal of the season. He lost to world No. 4 and top seed eventual champion Daniil Medvedev in straight sets. At the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters he reached the third round defeating Botic van de Zandschulp, lucky loser Fabio Fognini before losing to World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz to end his season. He finished the year in the top 30 for the tenth year in a row, ranked World No. 28 on 21 November 2022. Based on this ranking, being the Bulgarian male player No. 1, he was confirmed two days later as a participant at the 2023 United Cup as part of the Bulgarian team. 2023: Inaugural United Cup captain, Australian Open third round He reached the third round at the 2023 Australian Open defeating Aslan Karatsev and Laslo Đere before losing to 9-time champion Novak Djokovic. At the Rotterdam Open he defeated again Karatsev in 59 minutes to reach the second round. Next he defeated world No. 10 and fifth seed Hubert Hurkacz in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals. He reached his 43rd career semifinal defeating Alex de Minaur in three sets and first since 2018 at this tournament. As a result he returned to the top 25 in the rankings. He lost to Medvedev in straight sets. National representation Davis Cup Dimitrov made his Davis Cup debut for Bulgaria in 2008 as a 16-year-old. Playing in front of a home crowd in Plovdiv, the teenage Dimitrov compiled an undefeated record in both singles and doubles to promote his country into the second division of the Europe/Africa zone. A 17-year-old Dimitrov returned to the Bulgarian Davis Cup team for the