Bulgaria’s tennis star
Grigor Dimitrov has revealed the motivation
behind beating Serbia’s
Novak Djokovic in the
Madrid Open back in 2013. The
32-year-old has a dismal record while playing at the reigning world number one
where in 13 meetings, he won just once.
Interestingly, that victory came way back in 2013 in the
Madrid Open where in the second round, he got the better of the reigning world
number one with a score of 7-6, 6-7, 6-3. Dimitrov was recently quoted in a
report where he revealed that the primary motivation to beat the 24-time Grand
Slam winner was that he did not like the hotel he was staying in and wanted to
earn some money to move to a better hotel, something that worked in favour of him
on that day.
“I remember. I came earlier to Madrid. I remember staying in
some very, very questionable hotel. And then, when I found out I had to play
him, I was like, "Okay, let's see, it's time." And I wanted to win so
I could get some cash to a different hotel. At the time, I remember that. I
like to raise my level on those occasions, and I think just against him in
particular” Grigor Dimitrov said