Grigor Dimitrov Wishes an Extra Sip From ‘Fountain of Youth’ as 10-Year Difference Spoils His Miami Dream

Grigor Dimitrov displayed fantastic tennis at the Miami Open. The Bulgarian player achieved back-to-back victories against Hubert Hurkacz, Carlos Alcaraz, and Alexander Zverev to set up a final against Jannik Sinner. However, he couldn’t overcome the Italian player, but he had a ball of a time in the city, but still hoped he had one more drink from the fountain of youth.

While Dimitrov is obviously upset at the fact that he lost the final after immense effort, he will go home with his head held high and looking forward to the upcoming season. 

In spite of losing the Miami Open final to Sinner, Dimitrov wants to “focus on the positives”

Miami Open final has seen 32-year-old Dimitrov and 22-year-old Sinner, two players from different generations, performing with their best skill sets. The clash ended 6-3, 6-1 in 1 hour 14 minutes having the Italian won over the Bulgarian. As Dimitrov sat down for the post-match presser, he was asked if he had a drink from the Fountain of Youth since he had performed great in the last week. Dimitrov said, “Thank you. I should have had maybe one more glass of that juice. Unfortunately, 10 years made a huge difference today (smiling).”

While the loss became devastating, Dimitrov focused on the wins he accumulated. “But overall, I just want to focus on the positives this week. It’s been a tournament I have not been able to do well I think in the past years. In a way, it was also a goal of mine to come out here and give my best shot.”

Determination was his main helper in the last two weeks, and ensuring that he maintained his health behind the scenes. He further talked about how he beat high-quality players after being a set down by losing a tiebreaker in the first round. But he gave credit to Sinner for being the utmost dominating player. While despondent at the loss, Dimitrov is looking forward to the clay season.

“we start with the clay”: Dimitrov looks ahead to the next step

The American hard court swing proved fruitful for Dimitrov, who won his first title in six years in Adelaide. As the tennis season transitions to the clay court, the newly ranked number 9 player is looking forward to showing his magic there. 

“Yeah, I need to look forward to whatever is next for me. I don’t think I have much time to be down on myself. I just want to embrace this moment as well. So I think this is the next step for me. Now we start with the clay, so this is something I’m looking forward to. Yeah, I think definitely I will have some days off to evaluate, see what I did good, what I could have done better and so forth.”

Dimitrov showed that players cannot count him out despite his years of struggle to come back into the top 10. He came close to winning his second Masters title but fell just short. Can he acclaim lost glory in Monte Carlo?

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