In a thrilling battle between Top-10 players, Grigor Dimitrov emerged victorious over Hubert Hurkacz at the 2024 French Open. The Bulgarian star dominated with a close 7-6(5), 6-4, 7-6(3) win, securing his place in the quarterfinals. This victory marks a significant milestone for Dimitrov, as he has now reached the last eight at all four Grand Slam tournaments. Elated by his achievement, Dimitrov expressed his long-held desire to reach the second week at Roland Garros. After 15 years of competing, he’s finally achieved his goal, and his “very happy” reaction perfectly captures that accomplishment. But who brought him the luck in this grueling 2-hour-51-minute battle?
The massive milestone was an emotional moment for him as well as his rumored girlfriend last night. And Grigor Dimitrov was lucky to have her ‘lady luck‘ present in the player’s box during the match. Alizé Lim, his rumored girlfriend, was spotted cheering for him from the stands. Lim, a French tennis player, has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 135. Having won 3 ITF titles so far in her career, the 33-year-old Parisian has established herself as a premier commentator in tennis.
Lim has given most of her life to tennis in one shape or form. So, now perhaps tennis is giving back to her in the form of a new partner. Fans are quite excited to see Grigor Dimitrov and Alizé Lim together. They recently out-poured their excitement on a post featuring Lim inside Court Suzanne Lenglen. It captioned, “You are doing amazing, sweetie!“
ADVERTISEMENT
Article continues below this ad
Grigor Dimitrov after beating Hurkacz to reach 1st Roland Garros QF
“I always wanted to get to the 2nd week, but the French open was the only slam where I felt like I never could get that extra step. Today, 15 years later, I made it.” 🥹 pic.twitter.com/zub7ghoYwa
— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) June 2, 2024
As per several reports, NBA legend, Tony Parker was dating Alizé Lim somewhere around 2021. But earlier this year it was reported that they had parted ways. Later on, even Parker himself gave a confirmation. “After three years of living together, Alizé and I decided to end our relationship. No further comments will be made regarding this aspect of my private life,” Tony stated. Ever since that news broke out, the 33-year-old WTA player was reported to be romantically linked with the Bulgarian tennis star, Grigor Dimitrov.
After that, they were spotted multiple times, enjoying their time together. Once Grigor Dimitrov was spotted picking up Alizé Lim on his stunning $2M gold Lamborghini after a party night in Monaco. Lim was seen saying bye to her group before running to get into Dimitrov’s luxury car. They were also spotted together at a restaurant in Monaco earlier this year. But since both the players have never spoken publicly about their relationships yet, the speculated love story remains a mystery as of now, but now fans feel ‘DimiLim‘ is a “thing now”!
Tennis fans showcase their excitement after spotting Alizé Lim during Grigor Dimitrov’s match last night
Although both tennis players have known each other for ages, they were spotted together for the first time in 2017. After that, there was a gap of a few years and then 2024 seems to have marked a new beginning to their story. Fans are quite excited to see this new rumored couple at the same venue. One of the fans tweeted, “Wait Grigor and her are a thing? Omg.“
"You are doing amazing, sweetie!" pic.twitter.com/a5DkAAGZsf
— Krasimir 🇧🇬 🌎🌍🌏 (@lobdowntheline) June 2, 2024
ADVERTISEMENT
Article continues below this ad
Alizé Lim was spotted consoling Grigor Dimitrov after his loss to Novak Djokovic in the finals of the 2023 Paris Masters. She has seen his worst days, and now she is also witnessing Dimitrov’s incredible run in the 2024 season. He has already won a title this season and has a win-loss record of 24-8 this season. Is it the start of good things for the Bulgarian tennis star? Well, surely Lim has played a role here and fans have started to call it “the hard launch.” The launch of a new beginning?
Grigor Dimitrov has a long list of dating some of the popular figures in both the tennis and entertainment world. Seeing him together with Alizé Lim made a fan wonder, “They’re together??“
Once a video of Laura Robson feeding Grigor Dimitrov ice cream went viral on social media, After that, there were several speculations about their relationship. Highlighting more on that clip one of the fans wrote, “So Grigor is with Alize Lim…I always hoped he’d end up with Laura Robson after they did that advert together (think it was for ice cream). They looked amazing.“
ADVERTISEMENT
Article continues below this ad
Dimitrov has reached the QF of almost every other Grand Slam tournament other than the French Open. However, the 10th-seeded Dimitrov reached the quarterfinals at Roland Garros for the first time at age 33. Is it for the French connection? Well, fans opine the same, “Gets French girlfriend – makes QF for first time.”
Now it’ll be interesting to see if he can make it to the semis here in Paris this time around. Do you think Grigor Dimitrov will reach the last four at the 2024 French Open?