During the pre-season period, Christopher Eubanks took advantage of the end of tournaments to become a consultant for Tennis Channel.
The 28-year-old American player, who was 29th in the world in the summer of 2023 after his quarter-final at Wimbledon, was asked to predict the player on the ATP circuit who we do not necessarily expect but who could make a good course in Melbourne.
According to him, it is Dimitrov who could play spoilsport during the first Grand Slam of the season in a few weeks.
“If I had to choose a player who could be a surprise at the end of the tournament to lift the trophy, I would say Grigor Dimitrov.
He is a credible outsider. He played phenomenal tennis last year, especially on hard court.
We previously saw him play very good tennis a few years ago when he became world number 3, but I think his level last year was higher than at this time.
He moves very well to all four corners of the court. He played an excellent match against Carlos Alcaraz in Miami (the Bulgarian won 6-2, 6-4 in the quarter-finals) in a match where he demonstrated his full technical range.
We know that he is capable of hurting any player on the circuit.
Additionally, we saw that during his preparation period, he trained with Jannik Sinner. For me, this is an important point.
“Training with the best player in the world every day for one or two weeks can also worry the competition who will see Dimitrov as a threat in Australia,” he explained.
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