‘Put Him in the Backfoot’ – Grigor Dimitrov Reveals How He Beat Casper Ruud At Monte Carlo Masters 2022

Bulgarian tennis player, Grigor Dimitrov has been enduring a tough season so far. Actually, the last few years haven’t been great for the talented tennis player. Currently, the 30-year-old tennis player is playing at the Monte Carlo Masters and has reached the quarter-final. This was a good start for Dimitrov, as the clay-court season is finally underway after a grueling hard court season. In the round of 16, he beat the no.4 seed, Casper Ruud, in straight sets 6-3, 7-5. After the match, he spoke about his win over an emerging star like Ruud.

 Grigor Dimitrov feels delighted after his win over Casper Ruud

In his round of 16 match, Dimitrov faced the Miami open finalist, Casper Ruud. With the current form of the Norwegian tennis player, many didn’t give Dimitrov a chance to win. However, World No. 29 pulled off an upset to get his first top-10 win of the season. 

Speaking with the Tennis Channel, Dimitrov said, “It was just a good day today. Honestly, not much I can say. I’ve seen a lot of matches of Casper, especially on clay last year. I mean, he’s won, I feel like all the clay-court tournaments.”

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“I’ve played him in San Diego… I kinda understood, like what kind of a game he has but on clay you know I was like, Okay, I need to try to spice things up a little bit, maybe take the ball a little bit earlier. I was trying to be a little bit more aggressive early on, which I think it really helped me, I think it really put him in the backfoot, I kept on putting like a progressive pressure throughout the whole match and it really paid off in the end, I feel,” he further said. 

Dimitrov will face a tough opponent in the next match

In the quarter-final match at the Monte Carlo Masters, the Bulgarian will play 11th seeded, Hubert Hurkacz. The Polish player has been in good form in the hard-court season. Earlier, he reached the semi-final at the Miami Open. Pairing up with John Isner, he also won the doubles title in Miami.

He seems to have started his clay-court season on a positive note as well, reaching the quarter-final at the Monte Carlo Masters. Meanwhile, Dimitrov will be hoping to beat the Polish player to move a step closer towards winning his maiden title of the 2022 season.

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