LONDON

Winning Wimbledon is likely to have one downside for Rafael Nadal: The media attention on him will only increase.

Nadal said he was "persecuted" by photographers while dining in the village of Wimbledon on Friday. Writing on his personal website, Nadal said eight paparazzi turned up at a restaurant where he was celebrating 2002 French Open champion Albert Costa's 33rd birthday.

"I didn't tell anyone I was going out and, when I arrived, they sort of attacked me," Nadal wrote. "I don't know if this is the right word, but believe me it was strange. Too much."

Nadal was angered by the intrusion, particularly since he was trying to relax during a crucial stage of the tournament.

"I don't find it fair that when I have a few hours free with my family, simply going for dinner, they persecute me and get those pictures that they sell," he wrote. "I am a public figure, I understand, but I don't live off publicity. I live off what I do on court. I work there."

Meanwhile Grigor Dimitrov became the first Bulgarian to win a title at Wimbledon when he took the boys' singles title by beating Henri Kontinen of Finland.

The 17-year-old Dimitrov was broken just once by Kontinen and won 7-5, 6-3.

They entered the boys' doubles tournament at the All England Club as a team, but withdrew from their second-round match.

Although he was troubled by a shoulder injury, the No. 9-seeded Dimitrov did not lose a set during the singles event.

"When I was serving, the pain was incredible," Dimitrov said.