World number five Grigor Dimitrov has explained his bizarre relationship with Roland Garros as the Bulgarian looks to change his bad run of results around.
The 27 year old is a very consistent player with clearly a lot of potential however in recent years the one tournament that he performs badly in is at Roland Garros. The Bulgarian has never made the second week in Paris which has been a perplexing issue for many people as he has performed consistently well in other clay court tournaments.
The world number five discussed his bizarre relationship with Roland Garros in an interview with ‘Sport 36o’, “I know the French has never been… we never had a good relationship I thought so far but I think with the time now that has passed,” explained Dimitrov. “I kind of started the season pretty well, on the clay, so I just want to keep on playing that way, keep on winning matches on the clay and of course when that time comes around I hope I can do better. It’s as simple as that. The rest, I want to control what I can control and if the rest doesn’t happen, then hopefully there’s another time for that.”
The former world number three had a good start to the clay season after reaching the semi-finals in Monte-Carlo and the quarter-finals in Barcelona. Although back to back losses to Milos Raonic and Kei Nishikori have halted his momentum in his bid to reach his maiden grand slam final.
Despite his recent form, he has a positive attitude, “You prepare yourself, you get out on the court, give 100 per cent of yourself and see what happens. And I think in the previous years I wasn’t able to convert any of that time that I was there, and it’s just as simple as that. You might have tough rounds, you might lose early, it sucks for sure, but at the end of the day you play tennis and the best thing in tennis is also that you always have a next week.”
Roland Garros starts on Sunday 27th of May, with the draw taking place at 7pm local time tomorrow.
