By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday June 26, 2024
Photograph credit score: Matthew Calvis
Grigor Dimitrov opts for a DC return as a substitute of chasing an Olympic medal.
World quantity 10 Dimitrov will forgo subsequent month’s Paris Olympics at Roland Garros and return to the Mubadala Citi Open on laborious court docket.
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The Citi Open 2024 will happen from July 27 to August 4 on laborious courts.
The Paris Olympic tennis event can be performed from July 27 to August 4 on the pink clay of Roland Garros.
A well-known face returns to DC 😎
World quantity 10 and three-time Grand Slam semi-finalist @GrigorDimitrov will make his eighth look on the #MubadalaCitiDCOpen! pic.twitter.com/9ssnKJqdsE
— Mubadala Citi DC Open (@mubadalacitidc) June 25, 2024
Former world quantity 3 Dimitrov opened the season by profitable Brisbane, his ninth profession title and first tour-level championship in virtually seven years.
Dimitrov successively defeated Hubert Hurkacz, Carlos Alcaraz and Olympic champion Alexander Zverev to succeed in the ultimate of the Miami Open, the place he defeated Jannik Sinner final spring.
Photograph credit score: Matthew Calvis