Grigor Dimitrov

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2016 w liczbach:

Ranking: 17
Bilans meczów: 39-26
Tytuły: 0
Finały: 3 (Pekin, Stambuł, Sydney)
Zarobki: $1,617,502

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[Damian]

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#5) Brisbane 2017


The Independent

R1 Steve Johnson (USA) 6-2 6-3
R2 Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-2 6-4
QF [4] Dominic Thiem (AUT) 6-3 4-6 6-3
SF [1] Milos Raonic (CAN) 7-6(7) 6-2
W [3] Kei Nishikori (JPN) 6-2 2-6 6-3

[Damian]

Dimitrov Snaps Title Drought In Brisbane

Spoiler:

Bulgarian wins fifth title of his career
Grigor Dimitrov’s late-season resurgence in 2016 continues unabated in early 2017. The Bulgarian snapped a two-and-a-half year title drought Sunday at the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp, defeating third seed Kei Nishikori 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 in the final.
Dimitrov’s title run included three consecutive Top 10 scalps: Dominic Thiem in the quarter-finals, top seed Milos Raonic in the semis and Nishikori in the final. Having lost his past four ATP World Tour finals, he finally claimed his fifth career title, his first since Queen’s Club in 2014.
A former World No. 8, Dimitrov saw his Emirates ATP Ranking slip to No. 40 midway through 2016 before a heart-to-heart career reflection with coach Dani Vallverdu saw the 25 year old turn around his career and finish the year at No. 17.
"It is one of the big moments for me," said Dimitrov, who claimed his first win over Nishikori in four FedEx ATP Head2Head encounters. "It's been quite a few months for me on and off the court. I think that was an emotional win for me, but at the same time, it wasn't unexpected. I have put in the work. I think I have learned a lot. I have gone through some serious work and I have just been working on myself on and off the court.
"I think at some point, things need to start giving back to you a little bit. I just feel that I feel fortunate enough to be in the final, to be so healthy and to being obviously in such a shape. But at the same time, I'm pretty humbled, because I have set myself quite high goals for the first six months and one of them was actually to win a tournament. And it happened during the first week of the year, which makes things definitely look a lot more positive for me."

After splitting the first two sets in a battle played largely from the baseline, Dimitrov and Nishikori were locked in a tight decider until the Bulgarian broke open the match in the eighth game. With Nishikori ahead 30/15 on serve, seventh seed Dimitrov proceeded to win the last seven points of the match to close it out after one hour and 49 minutes.
The World No. 17 fired seven aces and captured three of five break chances in total, while turning aside five of seven faced. Also the runner-up in Brisbane in 2013 (l. to Murray), Dimitrov improved to 14-4 in the Australian city. He takes home 250 Emirates ATP Rankings points and $77,980 in prize money.
"I think it was great week to start of the year," Nishikori said. "I had four good matches here. I will try to stay healthy next week and hope I can be ready [for the Australian Open]."
The Japanese fell to 11-10 in ATP World Tour finals, dropping his fifth consecutive title match since completing a four-peat in Memphis last February. He earns 150 Emirates ATP Rankings points and $41,070 in prize money for his efforts.
"I don't know how I got the second set, because it was hurting at two-all and 3-2," Nishikori added, referring to a hip injury sustained during the week. "I think he had a couple easy mistakes and that helped me to get the two breaks. In the third set I think he was playing better. I had a couple bad decisions and he played another good level in the third."

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Grigor wrócił do Top-15.

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[Lucas]

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Dimitrov Ends Istomin's Run, Reaches Australian Open QFs

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Bulgarian star celebrates reaching Melbourne last eight again
Grigor Dimitrov booked his place in the Australian Open quarter-finals for the second time in three years on Monday.
The No. 15 seed ended the run of Novak Djokovic’s conqueror, World No. 117 and wild card Denis Istomin, 2-6, 7-6(2), 6-2, 6-1 in two hours and 24 minutes at Melbourne Park. The Bulgarian remains unbeaten at 9-0 in 2017 – including winning his fifth ATP World Tour title at the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp (d. Kei Nishikori).
Dimitrov capitalised on a hot day in Melbourne by striking 37 winners and winning 72 per cent of his approaches to the net against Uzbekistani Istomin, who received medical treatment on several occasions for a back complaint. He will next play Belgian No. 11 seed David Goffin, who beat Austrian eighth seed Dominic Thiem earlier in the day.
”It's going to be a tough match without a doubt," said Dimitrov. "David is an excellent player. In a way I know what to expect from him. We've practised against each other a few times this off-season. And he's a very dangerous player. I just need to be ready mentally and physically for the battle… I think recently he's been serving really well. He served his way out of trouble. I think this is one of his biggest weapons right now. For sure, he's one of the greatest defenders out there.”
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Istomin, the Asia-Pacific wild card play-off winner into the major championship, was brimming with confidence at the start, committing just three unforced errors and dropping five points on serve in the first set. He would have broken early in the second set, but Dimitrov fought back and Istomin began to fatigue.
Istomin, 30, attempted to keep the points short, but his service power diminished and Dimitrov won 12 of the first 13 points in the third set, and then, later, 19 of 22 points to take a 3-0 lead in the fourth set.
The 25-year-old Dimitrov has never lost to a player ranked outside of the Top 100 at a Grand Slam and will now hope to improve upon his 2014 quarter-final run (l. to Rafael Nadal).
“I haven't done anything different in my off-season,” said Dimitrov. “I think I was just very, very composed, and I had a good structure with my team. We were focusing I think on the right things. I've learned a lot of new things about myself, I think, starting to work with Dani [Vallverdu], my coach. It was just nice that he came at a good time, the end of last year. As soon as the off-season was on, it was just very simple. We had quite a few big talks. We discussed what we can do better, what we need to work on, what we need to improve, and how we want to be in 2017.
"I started believing a little bit more in myself. I started the year very well, winning in Brisbane, beating good guys… I feel good right now. At the same time, I am also humbled with the results I have had so far. But now you enter into a different phase of the tournament, so I'm just focused on that.”

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3. wielkoszlemowy ćwierćfinał Grigora (AO14, Wimbledon14). Wraca Bułar do tej fazy turnieju WS po ponad 2,5-rocznej przerwie.

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[Damian]

Dimitrov Dishes On Tennis Love

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Bulgarian discusses matters of the heart in Melbourne
Let’s talk about falling in love.
“What are you referring to? Go ahead, say it to me. It's okay,” Grigor Dimitrov said with a smile in Interview Room 1 in Melbourne on Monday. The Bulgarian had all the answers when defeating Denis Istomin to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals, but in his post-match press conference, he was faced with an atypical question.
“When I was young, I liked very much the young girls,” said the interviewer. “Sometimes I got distracted. So I'd like to know if you get distracted, too.”
“Let me think about it,” the No. 15 seed said with a laugh. “That was the greatest thing I've heard, man. Oh, wow… I obviously have a soft spot for that. On a serious note, I always try to keep whatever else outside the court.
"I think when I was younger, I was struggling to differentiate love from a personal love or a tennis love or whatever else. There was time, a period, that I wasn't sure how to deal with both things in the same time... I don't want to say I've learned from my mistakes, but I've learned myself a little bit better. I think that helps me. Hopefully it's going to help me for the future through any kind of falling-in-love stuff.”
Dimitrov, who remains unbeaten at 9-0 in 2017, will next face No. 11 seed David Goffin. He looks to continue his positive momentum so far this year, which saw him win his fifth ATP World Tour title at the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp (d. Nishikori). The 25 year old reflected on his relationship with tennis after reaching the last eight at Melbourne Park for the second time (also 2014).
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“I fell in love with tennis many years ago,” he said. “It was just a time that I wasn't in a really good mental place. I was, I don't want say grumpy, but there were things going on around [me]. I just needed to find that inspiration again. I needed to find that way of playing and enjoying again, loving again.
“So my best friend was tennis. 'The person,' I was counting on… That's why I said I fell in love with the game again. It gives me the excitement. It gives me all those butterflies every day coming out to a match. I count [on] those moments, and I appreciate them way more than actually some of the wins or anything like that.”
Based on Dimitrov’s current run in Melbourne, it seems like tennis is also feeling the love and reciprocating.

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Dimitrov Cruises Into Australian Open SFs

Spoiler:

Bulgarian star waits on the winner of Raonic or Nadal
Grigor Dimitrov extended his perfect record in 2017, proving that hard graft during the off-season pays off after reaching his first Grand Slam championship semi-final in three years.
The Bulgarian No. 15 seed dominated No. 11 seed David Goffin of Belgium 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 over two hours and 12 minutes at the Australian Open on Wednesday, sealing his 10th win of the year with a backhand winner down the line.
Dimitrov, who picked up his fifth ATP World Tour title at the recent Brisbane International presented by Suncorp (d. Nishikori) – his first for more than two-and-a-half years, later watched on television as Spanish ninth seed and 2009 titlist Rafael Nadal beat third-seeded Canadian Milos Raonic.
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“After the first set, I felt a little bit better, for sure," said Dimitrov, who also beat Goffin at the 2014 US Open. "Then, I felt I was in control of the match after that… I feel like I have all the tools to go further, and my job isn't over yet. I'm looking forward to my match on Friday. I think I'm prepared. I think I'm ready to go the distance.
“I'm confident enough to say that I feel good physically, and overall on the court. Just going forward with the confidence that I have built up also from the previous tournament. Now with each match I've been feeling better and better. It just all comes pretty natural right now.”
Watch: Off-Season Training With Dimitrov In Monte-Carlo
Dimitrov seized control immediately in taking a 3-0 lead inside seven minutes, and while Goffin fought back to level the score the Belgium’s serve was broken in a 14-point eighth game. Dimitrov lost four of his first service points and struck 14 winners during the first set, then regained the momentum after a competitive start to the second set - featuring three straight service breaks.
There was no respite on serve for Goffin, who faced 15 break points and although he attempted to disturb Dimitrov’s rhythm with net rushes (winning 19 of 25 points) he was decisively broken at 3-3 in the third set. While first-time Grand Slam quarter-finalist Goffin saved two match points at 3-5, minutes later Dimitrov hit his 33rd winner in a love hold.
Goffin, who had been attempting to become the first Belgian to reach a major semi-final since Xavier Malisse at 2002 Wimbledon, admitted, "I tried to play really fast from both sides to make him run, but he was on every ball, He used his slice really well. He played a really good match. He was really solid. He served better, much better than I did… It was not easy to finish the point. I didn't find a way to finish the point or to go to the net. His improvement is [his] mentality. [The] past few months he proved that mentally he was much better than in the past.”
The 25-year-old Dimitrov has equalled his best match winning streak, having recorded 10 straight victories in winning the 2014 Aegon Championships title and going on to reach the Wimbledon last four. The former World No. 8, who works with Dani Vallverdu, the former coach of Andy Murray and Tomas Berdych, has now won nine of his past 11 matches against players in the Top 20 of the Emirates ATP Rankings.

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[DUN I LOVE]

Wimbledon 2014, Australian Open 2017. Teraz czekamy na uzupełnienie kolekcji w Paryżu i Nowym Jorku.

[Emu]

W Paryżu zwłaszcza "wybitnie" mu szło.

[DUN I LOVE]

Mając na uwadze obecne realia, ma jeszcze minimum 10 lat, żeby zaistnieć na RG.

[Damian]

Dimitrov Ready To Go The Distance

Spoiler:

Bulgarian not ready for his run to end in Melbourne
“It isn’t over yet,” was the message from Grigor Dimitrov after reaching his second Grand Slam semi-final at the Australian Open on Wednesday. His straight-sets victory over David Goffin was the latest win in what has been a gathering wave of momentum for the Bulgarian, who is unbeaten as yet in 2017.
Trusting in the hard work he has done and the team around him, including coach Dani Vallverdu, Dimitrov is ready to go all the way to his first major title at Melbourne Park.
“I feel like I have all the tools to go further, and my job isn't over yet,” said Dimitrov, who faces Rafael Nadal or Milos Raonic for a place in the final. “I'm looking forward to my match on Friday. I think I'm prepared. I think I'm ready to go the distance.
“I don't shy away from that. I'm confident enough to say that I feel good physically, and overall on the court. Just going forward with the confidence that I have built up also from the previous tournament. Now with each match I've been feeling better and better. It just all comes pretty natural right now,” added the Bulgarian, who opened his 2017 campaign with the title in Brisbane (d. Nishikori).
Speaking to ATPWorldTour.com in August last year, Dimitrov talked about the need for simplicity on and off the court. The right-hander was just a few weeks into his partnership with Vallverdu then, but the mentality is fast paying dividends, with Dimitrov now working a more structured schedule and confident in his shot choices.
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“I think I'm taking better decisions when I come out on the court, better decisions in terms of points or how I'm going to play certain players or how I'm going to prepare, for example, before my matches,” said Dimitrov. “Little things that are important for me in order to come to the court.
“I think my focus has been good. The mentality has been there,” continued Dimitrov, who dropped to No. 40 in the Emirates ATP Rankings in July and admitted that he hadn’t been playing and practising well or doing the right things for his career. “I've been present when I'm playing my matches. I keep on fighting. I have a good spirit on the court, being positive.”
With the new regimen, Dimitrov has surged back up the Emirates ATP Rankings to No. 15 with the Top 10 firmly in his sights. After a strong finish to 2016, Dimitrov bunkered down early in Monte-Carlo for the off-season, getting to work while most of his rivals were either at the ATP Finals or on vacation.
Watch: Dimitrov Off Season Part 1 | Dimitrov Off Season Part 2
Working with Vallverdu, his fitness trainer, Sebastien Durand, and physio, Azdine Bousnana, Dimitrov put in the hours in the gym and on the court to put himself in the best shape possible for his assault on 2017.
“I just keep doing the things that I was doing, what I was believing in. I have to give a lot of credit to my team, especially to my coach, to Daniel, to my fitness guy Sebastien, and then the other people that were there for me at the tough time. I don't want to forget my family. Those two components were really amazing.
“With the right set of people, things started to slowly move forward for me. Now I think I'm just in a good place.”

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