Grigor Dimitrov

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Bercy19: 20. wygrany mecz w 2019.

Grigor Dimitrov d. [12] David Goffin 7-5 6-3

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Dimitrov's Midas Touch: Bulgarian Sweeps Past Thiem In Paris

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Garin saves three match points against Chardy
Grigor Dimitrov barely put a foot wrong on Thursday in one of his best performances of the year for a place in the Rolex Paris Masters quarter-finals. The Bulgarian ended the six-match winning streak of fifth seed Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-2 in 72 minutes.
Dimitrov competed with great urgency throughout, and combatted Thiem’s aggression in the Austrian’s bid to work his way back into the match. Dimitrov’s willingness to attack the net reaped dividends early on and he quickly took a 4-1 lead. The 32-minute first set ended when Thiem hit a forehand return wide.
Dimitrov, who had advanced to the Paris third round for the seventh straight year, broke Thiem in a 10-minute third game of the second set courtesy of a volley error. Thiem pressed, but Dimitrov hit big from behind the baseline and snatched another break for a 4-1 advantage. Serving for the match at 5-2, 40/0, Dimitrov hit his first double fault, but it was a momentary lapse in concentration for the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals champion.
According to Hawkeye, Dimitrov did his best to step into the court and dictate with his forehand. The Bulgarian was pinned deep in his backhand corner when Thiem engaged him in cross-court backhand rallies. But whenenver he was able to, the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals champion stepped in to play aggressively with his forehand, hitting his forehand five kilometres per hour quicker on average (127 vs. 122 kmh) than the big-hitting Thiem.
Dimitrov took 41 per cent of his forehands inside the baseline, an area in which Thiem only found himself hitting forehands 29 per cent of the time.
Dimitrov & Thiem's Forehand Hit Points
Hawkeye
Hawkeye
Dimitrov also controlled play with his serve, winning 88 per cent of his first-serve points, while Thiem won just 64 per cent of his. Dimitrov interestingly attacked Thiem's forehand return in the deuce court, going there 58 per cent of the time. Thiem managed to put just 50 per cent of his first-serve returns in play throughout the match.
Dimitrov's First-Serve Placement
Hawkeye
Thiem, a winner of an ATP Tour-best five trophies in 2019 and a 46-17 match record, will now prepare to focus on competing at the season finale, to be held at The O2 in London from 10-17 November. Last week, he captured the Erste Bank Open crown.
Dimitrov will next face Cristian Garin, who saved three match points in the first completed singles match of the day to book a place in his first ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final.
The Chilean, who has lifted two ATP Tour trophies this year, battled back from a 3/6 deficit in the deciding set tie-break to earn a 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(6) victory over French qualifier Jeremy Chardy in two hours and 24 minutes. The pair had split their two previous meetings in 2019 at Houston and Bastad.
Garin
Garin saved the first match point at 6/3 with a forehand approach winner, then hit an ace at 4/6. Chardy was hesitant to attack the net when serving at 6/5 and mis-timed a forehand.

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Dimitrov Downs Garin To Reach First Paris Semi-final

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Bulgarian to meet Djokovic or Tsitsipas in last four
After emphatically snapping a six-match winless record in Rolex Paris Masters third-round matches on Thursday, Grigor Dimitrov claimed another straight-sets victory to book his place in the semi-finals on Friday.
Backing up his impressive 72-minute win against Dominic Thiem, the Bulgarian survived a late test to move past Cristian Garin 6-2, 7-5 in 89 minutes. Dimitrov is through to his first ATP Masters 1000 semi-final since the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters in April 2018.
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Since dropping the opening set in his first-round match against Ugo Humbert, Dimitrov has claimed eight consecutive sets to improve to 13-7 at the ATP Masters 1000 event. The 28-year-old is through to his second semi-final of the year after making his third Grand Slam last-four appearance at the US Open in September.
Dimitrov will meet Novak Djokovic or Stefanos Tsitsipas for a spot in the championship match. The World No. 27 owns one victory from nine FedEx ATP Head2Head encounters against Djokovic and is yet to meet Tsitsipas on the ATP Tour. Dimitrov will be aiming to reach his first final since a runner-up finish at last year’s ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (l. to Federer).
Garin ends his breakthrough season on the ATP Tour with a 31-22 record. The 23-year-old became the first Chilean to win an ATP Tour trophy since Fernando Gonzalez in 2009, lifting ATP 250 crowns on clay in Houston and Munich.

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Bercy19: 12. ćwierćfinał M-1000.

Grigor Dimitrov d. [5] Dominic Thiem 6-3 6-2

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Bercy19: 6. półfinał M-1000.

Grigor Dimitrov d. Christian Garin 6-2 7-5

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2019 w liczbach:

Ranking: 20
Bilans meczów: 22-21
Tytuły: 0
Finały: 0
Zarobki: $2,092,433

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Tenis. Grigor Dimitrow ma nowego trenera. Andre Agassi pozostanie w sztabie Bułgara

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Grigor Dimitrow ma nowego trenera. Bułgar nawiązał współpracę z Christianem Grohem, byłym szkoleniowcem m.in. Tommy'ego Haasa. Jednocześnie w sztabie Bułgara pozostanie słynny Andre Agassi.

Wraz z zakończeniem sezonu 2019 Grigor Dimitrow rozstał się z Radkiem Stepankiem, który był jego trenerem od maja. Kilka dni później podczas konferencji prasowej w Sofii przyznał, że szuka nowego szkoleniowca. - Nie wpadam panikę, by znaleźć trenera, ale trudno jest mi pracować, gdy nie mam nikogo przy sobie - mówił.
Jak się okazało, Dimitrow znalazł odpowiednią osobę. Bułgarski portal tenniskafe.com poinformował, że nowym szkoleniowcem tenisisty z Chaskowa został Christian Groh. Panowie rozpoczęli już przygotowania do sezonu 2020.

Groh, były tenisista, karierę szkoleniowca zaczął w 2010 roku od współpracy z Tommym Haasem, któremu pomógł w odbudowania się po licznych kontuzjach i spadku do czwartej setki rankingu ATP. Następnie dołączył do sztabu Michaela Berrera, a przez cztery ostatnie lata pracował w Amerykańskim Związku Tenisa (USTA), gdzie odpowiadał za rozwój młodych talentów i trenował m.in. z Taylorem Fritzem.

Jednocześnie w zespole Dimitrowa pozostanie słynny Andre Agassi, z którym Bułgar współpracuje od listopada zeszłego roku. Amerykanin, ośmiokrotny mistrz wielkoszlemowy, nie trenuje na co dzień z 28-latkiem z Chaskowa, lecz pełni rolę konsultanta i jest z nim w stałym kontakcie.

Dimitrow, w listopadzie 2017 roku trzeci gracz świata, zakończył sezon 2019 na 20. miejscu w rankingu ATP. W minionych rozgrywkach nie zagrał w ani jednym finale, a jego najlepszym wynikiem był półfinał wielkoszlemowego US Open.

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