Wednesday, 6 May 2015

Interview with Rasheed

Rasheed, coach Grigor Dimitrov gave an interesting interview to "Punto de Break", in which Australian specialist talks about the new missile Bulgarians, the reasons for its unconvincing results this season and things should improve in your game. Here is what Rasheed:

- How does it feel Dimitrov after his defeat in Istanbul?
- Losing was tough but we should move forward.

- Dimitrov recently said he used two different missiles in recent months and trying to find what is perfect rocket for him.
- Must evolve along with the game. The rocket, which he used until last year, was 20 years old.Now we try to find this rocket that best fits his game. It seems that is already doing well with the new racquet and now only needs more games to get used to 100% with it. Stringing under the new rocket is different head is larger and with it he can generate more force of his blows.

- Is a similar missile to that used Federer?
- The shape of the head is similar, but the rocket is completely different.

- Last season Grigor managed to break into the Top 10, but it seems that there is still something lacking to continue to climb up. What he needs to do next?
- Debut in the Top 10 does not mean you necessarily have any serious change. We must continue to work hard and go step by step. Everything is a matter of time. This season is different from the previous one, in which Gregory climbed from №30 to the top ten, as our expectations are even greater. He needs to continue to improve and develop his game and possibly position rankings will meet the presentation. So far, the season is not as successful as the previous one, but everything is fine and there is no need to panic.

- What aspect of your game needs to improve Grigor?
- He needs to improve his Retur. Dimitrov is no way to meet like Djokovic, Murray and Nishikori, who are the best in the world in Retur. Grigor need to continue to develop every aspect of your game to be more competitive matches. Generally it has no particular aspect of his game from which we are 100% satisfied.

- What is the reason he can not achieve good results from the beginning of 2015-a?
- Changing the rocket seriously affected his game. We need more time. Federer needed six months to get used to his new racquet.

- Do you think his relationship with Sharapova and the spotlight it unconcetrated?
- No, everything is fine. I was with him during the last three weeks since I was at home, but now I see that it is entirely focused on tennis. I can not comment on his personal life.

- What changes in Grigor since you started working together?
- Absolutely everything (laughs). The first thing I did was to learn what it takes to become a top player who can win a Grand Slam and be №1 in the world. Once he realized this, we went to everything else that had to be done and work on his physique. You have to know how to use efficiently your game. Dimitrov player as there are many options and need to learn how to use them. It was one of the most important things that had to teach him. I changed his style and the way he developed points.

- Before he was playing more aggressively ...
- Yes. Now he is also aggressive, but in the past he was attacking too much, take risks and this led to many errors that lined one after another.