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<\/a><\/p>\n[Note: I did this Biofile with the newly crowned Queen’s Club champion Grigor Dimitrov back when he was just eighteen, moments after his 2009 US Open first-round qualifying win over Tobias Kamke (6-4, 6-4).]<\/p>\n
Ht: 6’2″\u00a0 Wt: 170<\/p>\n
DOB: May 16, 1991\u00a0 In: Haskovo, Bulgaria<\/p>\n
First Tennis Memory: “First tennis memory…okay, I was holding my small racquet and I was on the wall. This is what I just remember. Hitting the ball. And actually that’s all I remember for my first memory [smiles]. I was three.”<\/p>\n
Tennis Inspirations: “I have a lot actually. You know I like Roger Federer, for sure, the best. Marat Safin also when I was a kid. I really loved Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi. All these players were unbelievable for me. And I just try to do something like that.”<\/p>\n
Nicknames: “I have a lot. I don’t know which ones to say. You’re better to ask other people, I have a lot, so. (Just a couple?) The Dynamite Kid [laughs]. (Another?) G-Force [smiles].”<\/p>\n
Hobbies\/Interests: “I like to play volleyball, all kinds of sports actually…soccer, American football mostly. (What position?) Quarterback [smiles].”<\/p>\n
Last Book Read: “The Notebook.”<\/p>\n
Favorite TV Show: “That’s a good one. I don’t know to tell you the truth. I like Friends.”<\/p>\n
Favorite Movies: “I like comedy romance, action a lot also. My favorite – The Notebook.”<\/p>\n
Favorite Meal: “Definitely steaks.”<\/p>\n
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: “Lemon is my favorite.”<\/p>\n
Pre-Match Feeling: “I’m basically almost every time relaxed so I have time to think for a match and whatever I can do I just go outside and play.”<\/p>\n
Childhood Dream: “Always wanted to be a tennis player. This was always my goal. Whatever was happening I just wanted to do it.”<\/p>\n
Greatest Sports Moment So Far: “Winning the European Championships, the under fourteen. (Why?) Because that was a key actually for my career so far. I beat in the final a Czech guy. It’s a memory that always comes to my mind.”<\/p>\n
Most Painful Moment: “Losing against Rafa [laughs]. I lost third set against him a couple of months ago (in Rotterdam). I was very disappointed but hopefully…”<\/p>\n
Which Match(es) Were You At Your Best: “Well, actually Wimbledon probably quarters last year. Against American guy. I was just making every shot, every shot, whatever I wanted I was making. That’s for sure.”<\/p>\n
Favorite Tournaments: “I like really U.S. Open and Wimbledon.”<\/p>\n
Closest Tennis Friends: “Hmm. Good question. My coach for sure. I like Feliciano Lopez is very nice.”<\/p>\n
Funniest Player Encountered: “Oh, Tursunov, definitely [laughs].”<\/p>\n
Toughest Competitor Encountered: “For sure, Rafa.”<\/p>\n
Funny Tennis Memory: “Once when I was serving, I hit my partner. That was funny. Straight in the ass. Long time ago.”<\/p>\n
Favorite Sport To Watch Outside Tennis: “Hmm, basketball.”<\/p>\n
Favorite Athletes To Watch: “Definitely I like to watch a lot of Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, all the NBA players. Tom Brady, New England quarterback. I like to play soccer but not to watch.”<\/p>\n
People Qualities Most Admired: “I like them to be honest and to have a sense of humor, definitely.”<\/p>\n
[Scoop’s book “Facing Hewitt” will be available at Amazon.com later this month.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[Note: I did this Biofile with the newly crowned Queen’s Club champion Grigor Dimitrov back when he was just eighteen, moments after his 2009 US Open first-round qualifying win over Tobias Kamke (6-4, 6-4).] Ht: 6’2″\u00a0 Wt: 170 DOB: May 16, 1991\u00a0 In: Haskovo, Bulgaria First Tennis Memory: “First tennis memory…okay, I was holding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":6323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,316],"tags":[24,392],"class_list":["post-7061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atp-tennis","category-scoop","tag-grigor-dimitrov","tag-scoop-malinowski"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}