One handed backhand extinct? Not on my watch: Grigor Dimitrov top 10 resurgence heralds return after weeks without it

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov has proven to be a real surprise package in the ongoing Miami Open where he has managed to book his place in the final after beating Germany’s Alexander Zverev in the semifinal with a score of 6-4, 6-7, 6-4.

With that win, the 32-year-old is set to return to the top-10 in the ATP rankings next week and with that, the one-handed backhand will also have a representation in the top-10 in the ATP ranking ladder.

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Dimitrov is famous for his one-handed backhand, a rare quality to have in men’s tennis in recent years. The Haskovo-born is not set to face off against the current world number three Italy’s Jannik Sinner in the all-important final.

This will be the fourth meeting between the two. In the previous three outings, the Italian tennis star holds a slight edge with two wins and one defeat.

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Their most recent outing came in the quarterfinal of the ATP 500 event in Beijing, China where Sinner came out on top with a score of 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.

Dimitrov’s only win over the reigning Australian Open champion came way back in 2020 in the round of 16 of the ATP 1000 Masters in Rome with a score of 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

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