2024-05-24 17:05:58
Grigor Dimitrov will need to have one thing extra on his thoughts in his first match at Roland Garros.
One of the best Bulgarian tennis participant in historical past begins his participation within the French Open, the second “Grand Slam” event of the season, towards Alexander Kovacevich. The athlete representing the USA was born in New York, however his father is Serbian and his mom is from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
What’s extra fascinating on this case, nonetheless, is that Kovacevic trains with Dante Bottini. Grigor Dimitrov labored with this Argentinian for nearly two years earlier than they parted methods. Our tennis participant determined to arrange once more with Dani Valverde, with whom he gained the ATP finals in London and reached the third place on the earth rating on the finish of 2017.
The crew additionally contains the British Jamie Delgado, who additionally typically travels with Grigor to tournaments. If Kovacevic is eradicated, Dimitrov expects Fabian Marozhan (Ung), who has proven that he’s to not be underestimated in any respect, or a rival from the qualifiers (possibly a “fortunate loser”).
In the identical a part of the circuit are Hubert Hurkach (Pol) and Australian Open champion Yannick Siner (It).
Probably the most anticipated match within the first spherical might be between 14-time champion Rafael Nadal and Alexander Zverev (Ger). That is the way it turned out, as a result of the Spaniard is just not positioned. The 2 have been rivals within the semi-finals in Paris 2 years in the past when Zverev suffered a really critical ankle harm.
The opposite very robust conflict within the first spherical is between Andy Murray (Shot) and Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland).