Grigor Dimitrov, who is Sinner’s opponent in the Miami final: his (tortuous) story

And predestinedFederer’s heir, the daring descents and ascents, the loves and now a second youth. Grigor Dimitrov he had a career from rollercoaster and is trying again to take that, also because of a sporting life parallel to that of Big Three, was more stingy than expected. Number one in the world since juniorswinner of two Youth Slams (Wimbledon and US Open), the Bulgarian he will face Jannik Sinner in the Miami final (here is the guide to the final) was born into a sporting family. His parents were both volleyball players and his father Dimitar he won an Olympic silver before becoming its first coach.

After 5 years between professionalswhere it lands in 2008wins his first tournament in Stockholm beating David Ferrer. It is the first ‘high’ of a career of ups and downs. In the same year, the 2013beats a Madrid Novak Djokovic: it is the first time he has knocked out a world number 1. In the following twelve months he won three more tournaments – AcapulcoBucarest e Queen’s – and thus manages to enter ninth position among the Top 10 of the ATP ranking, also thanks to the semifinal reached in Wimbledon.

These are the years of one of his great love, Maria Sharapova, the Russian star to whom he was linked from 2012 to 2015. When their relationship breaks down, Dimitrov experiences complicated seasons. He rises again in 2017 winning at Brisbane and reaching the semifinal of a Slam again, this time in Australiawhere he surrenders to Rafael Nadal after a battle that lasted five sets. Triumph a Sofia it’s at Cincinnatithe first Masters 1000 on the board, rising to 6th place in the world.

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It is the magical year, which ended with the victory of Atp Finals which projects him onto the tennis podium in position number 3 in the ranking. It may be a matter of vertigo, but in the following years it slides up to the 79th position but it takes away the satisfaction of another Slam played to perfection. This time it happens to Us Openthanks to a quarter-final win against Roger Federerof which it was long said that he would be the heir without ever becoming one.

This last ascent began again at the end of 2023 with the final of Paris-Bercy, lost to Djokovic. Then a start of 2024 sprinted: the victory a Brisbane and now Miami, where Dimitrov is living a second youth. After the clear success in the quarter-finals against the Spaniard Carlo Alcarazthe Bulgarian, who entered the draw as seeded number 11, defeated the German in the semi-final Alexander Zverev by 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4. For the 32-year-old, a result of absolute prestige that is worth a return to the top 10 of the next ranking after aabsence of 260 weeksa memory

2024-03-31 09:36:42
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