Baby Fed or Baby Pete?
Grigor Dimitrov seems to have quite a large responsibility on his shoulders, a responsibility he may not realize the size of yet. That responsibility is to take up the mantle and be one of the dominant players of his generation with a single hand backhand. A lot of people call him Baby Fed but from what I’ve seen so far I also see a “Baby Pete” in the making. Oh and that responsibility? To follow a long tradition; John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Pete Sampras and Roger Federer to be number 1 players with an all court game. Since Federer lost the number 1 ranking it seems as though a single hander getting to number 1 is a thing of the past. To me, Dimitrov’s game is reminiscent of Sampras in terms of strategy and physical appearance. The classic Wilson racquet with a slightly smaller head size and Nike clothes is now the classic combination. The first thing that comes to mind is the physical appearance....