Grigor Dimitrov will be busy gearing up for another tilt at a maiden Wimbledon title with the Bulgarian a player who enjoys the grass-court season.
At 33-years-old, the chance of Dimitrov lifting the title at SW19 are probably decreasing somewhat with every passing year.
The standard of players on the tour right now is extremely high and Dimitrov will have it all to do to compete with some of the younger players.
However, he’s enjoyed a fine career as a professional and he does enjoy playing on the grass, reaching the semi-final at Wimbledon in 2014.
His potential earlier in his career led to some comparisons to the legendary Roger Federer and it’s perhaps a surprise he’s not won a major title.
Now, Dimitrov has been sharing exactly how he felt about those comparisons to a player who won eight titles at Wimbledon.
Grigor Dimitrov reveals how he really felt after being compared to Roger Federer
The player who now resides in Monte Carlo was dumped out of Queen’s by semi-finalist Seb Korda last week in a blow to his Wimbledon warm-up.
However, he’s always a dangerous player to play on grass and over five sets he will need scraping off of the court.
Now, in an interview with The Athletic, Dimitrov has shared how he felt years ago when people started comparing him to Federer.
He said: “Honestly, I found it funny at the beginning, and then I started…not hating it but I didn’t like it because there was no point to it.
“We’re so different and we have some resemblance but we’re not really the same people and I think that was so unnecessary.
“One wish I would have for a young kid is not to be compared to someone. I think it was probably one of the worst things I had to deal with in my career.
“I never liked it and it never brought me any good. Of course, I’m flattered but I always wanted to be my own person.”
Dimitrov is dangerous on grass but he will need to raise his game at Wimbledon
It’s not been a particularly strong season so far for Dimitrov who is striving for consistency.
He did reach the quarter-final at Roland Garros before losing in straight sets to Jannik Sinner but lost in the first week at the Australian Open.
Dimitrov is still dangerous though and he’s definitely one player that can go deep at Wimbledon if he can find some consistency.
The player who lives in Monte Carlos these days is now at number 10 in the world rankings having been as high as three in 2017.
Dimitrov probably doesn’t like being compared to Federer given that the Swiss superstar won much more than Dimitrov has during his career.
That’s only natural and if anything it’s quite admirable that Dimitrov has said it how it is and claimed he doesn’t like it.
Dimitrov will be hoping for a kind draw when it’s made on Friday and then he can start plotting his route through the competition.
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