Grigor Dimitrov Espouses the “Pure Beauty” of the Dying Breed One-Hander

By Tennis Now | @Tennis_Now | Saturday March 9, 2024

Indian Wells – Grigor Dimitrov is conscious of the truth that there are at the moment ZERO one-handed backhands contained in the ATP’s High 10 for the primary time for the reason that ATP rankings started. However the Bulgarian nonetheless believes in the great thing about the shot and needs to do his finest to “maintain down the fort” for tennis’ much-loved endangered species.

After he defeated Frances Alexandre Muller 7-5, 6-2 on Saturday at Indian Wells, the World No.13 mentioned his piece a couple of shot that’s clearly close to and expensive to his coronary heart.

“For now we’re holding the fort, let’s simply put it that approach,” he mentioned of gamers like himself, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Stan Wawrinka and others which might be well-known for hitting the one-handed backhand. “For certain I am relying on each man that is nonetheless on the market with one hand to maintain on pushing and taking part in for that. After all I’ll in all probability be the largest supporter of that shot.”

In the mean time there are ten one-handed backhands contained in the High 100, and that quantity is more likely to dwindle within the coming years.

“Relating to a special era, yeah, we will see much less and fewer,” Dimitrov mentioned. “I imply, I really feel the sport has modified a lot, it has advanced, in fact, and I believe from era to era the gamers historically have modified rather a lot. You see them stronger, greater, so that you want that further assist [that the two-hander gives].”

It’s the tough actuality of an ATP Tour that has a lot energy throughout the board that the one approach to counter it’s with the machine-like precision or the stabler two-handed backhand.

However that doesn’t cease Dimitrov for campaigning for the one-hander.

“I might like to see extra folks with one hand,” he mentioned. “Simply how it’s for me. To have the ability to hit a slice, backhand with one hand, I imply, it is only a pure magnificence. I believe each time you attempt to hit that shot and also you make it, the sensation is, I imply, merely beautiful for me.”