Grigor Dimitrov has started the year by winning two tournaments (Brisbane and Sofia) and losing only one match, to Rafael Nadal after FIVE spellbinding sets of tennis. The Bulgarian who early on in his career often was described as baby Federer, has in later years been haunted by the word “underachiever”. But with coach Dani Vallverdu in his team something seems to have clicked and the “Grisha” is playing better than ever. My fellow “racquetholics” are talking about Dimitrov going back to his 18×17 string pattern 93-inch racquet that he used before, instead of the model he currently endorses: the Wilson …
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Grigor Dimitrov tennis racquet
What professional players use and endorse are two different things. Grigor Dimitrov endorses the Wilson Pro Staff 97S, but uses a different racquet. What? Baby Federer. That’s what we used to call him, the stylish Grigor Dimitrov, with strokes that looked eerily similar to the great Swiss champ’s. But along the line and the years, something happened. His style didn’t change, but his results were “unspectacular” if you will. Brilliance mixed with mediocre. Seemed to get tight when closing out matches. There was the famous meltdown in Turkey in May this year where he broke a couple of racquets and …