Grigor Dimitrov Delivers Blunt Verdict on How to Beat Novak Djokovic – ‘There Are No Secrets..’

To beat the best, you have to be the best. Currently, there is no one near to the 36-year-old Serbian superstar, Novak Djokovic in the world of tennis. How to stop the Invincible Serbian? The 32-year-old Bulgarian tennis player, Grigor Dimitrov recently gave a blunt admission on how to stop the world no.1, Novak Djokovic. Let’s find out more about this.

7 titles including 3 out of the 4 Grand Slam titles with a season record of 56-7 (88.9%). That’s the summary of the season of 24 Grand Slam title holder who also finished the year as number 1 for the 8th time in his career. Will he dominate in 2024 just like he did in 2023?

Grigor Dimitrov reveals the only way to stop Novak Djokovic

Even for the Bulgarian, the season was quite decent. He had been consistent throughout the year with a win percentage of 66.6%. The winner of the ATP Finals 2017, reached the finals of the event this year but fell short of Novak Djokovic in the Grand Finale. Despite the huge improvement in his performance, he failed to win any title this season. Now, he’ll look to pounce on his opponents next year and win a Grand Slam next season. But who’ll be his biggest rival and how will he manage to outclass them? Here’s what he says on how to stop Novak Djokovic.

“Beating him is the only way to stop him, that’s how it is. There are no secrets to it. When we are competing at such high levels, we all know what we are going to do every single time. So it comes down to a few points here and there and there are a few moments throughout the match,” Dimitrov. 

The former number 3 had faced Novak Djokovic thrice this year and has lost on all the occasions. He added, “Then the rest is just mental and physical. At the end of the day, you know that we can compete and play to our potential each time we play against each other, that’s the best part of our sport. Hopefully, you get a few more chances to play and see where you are at the moment and see what you can do better.” 

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Beating the world number will surely be the biggest challenge for the Bulgarian next season. Dimitrov has managed to win only 1 out of their last 13 encounters. But when it comes to the next challenger, Dimitrov has beaten Carlos Alcaraz once this year taking their H2H margin to 3:1 in favor of the Spaniard. The highest-ranked Bulgarian is quite proud of his overall season. It’ll be interesting to see whether he can hold the momentum in 2024. But before that let’s have a look at what he said about the top 2 in men’s singles ranking.

Dimitrov on Djokovic & Alcaraz rivalry

Both the Serbian and Spaniard have dominated the Grand Slam events this season where Djokovic won 3 and Alcaraz won 1 out of them. Dimitrov faced both players this year and said he believes there is no real comparison between them. According to him, both are different players of different generations.

Dimitrov urged fans that instead of going deep into the debates they must enjoy this epic rivalry. He expressed that he feels this rivalry will be more intense and exciting in 2024. Both of them will now face each other on December 27 at an exhibition match in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Are you excited to see the battle of the current top 2 in men’s singles? Let us know in the comment box.

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