By Tennis Now | @Tennis_Now | Saturday March 9, 2024
Indian Wells – Grigor Dimitrov is conscious of the truth that there are presently ZERO one-handed backhands contained in the ATP’s High 10 for the primary time because the ATP rankings started. However the Bulgarian nonetheless believes in the fantastic 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 stated his piece a few shot that’s clearly close to and pricey to his coronary heart.
“For now we’re holding the fort, let’s simply put it that manner,” he stated of gamers like himself, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Stan Wawrinka and others which are 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 enjoying for that. In fact I’ll in all probability be the most important supporter of that shot.”
For the time being there are ten one-handed backhands contained in the High 100, and that quantity is more likely to dwindle within the coming years.
“With regards to a special era, yeah, we will see much less and fewer,” Dimitrov stated. “I imply, I really feel the sport has modified a lot, it has developed, after all, and I feel from era to era the gamers historically have modified lots. You see them stronger, greater, so that you want that additional 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 solution 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’d like to see extra individuals with one hand,” he stated. “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 feel each time you attempt to hit that shot and also you make it, the sensation is, I imply, merely beautiful for me.”
