Well, hello Grigor Dmitrov.
The rising 17-year old, who won the 2008 junior boys' titles at Wimbledon + US Open, pushed top baller Rafael Nadal in the Rotterdam second round going the distance before succumbing 7-5, 3-6, 6-2.
Obvs Grigor, who works a sweet one-handed backhand, is one to watch and in more ways than one. I mean, cute much?
*hides from authorities*
PS - This one's for you Tessa!
(images via Getty)
Thursday, February 12, 2009
PHOTO OP: Grigor pushes Rafa in Rotterdam, debuts cuteness to the world
Labels: Grigor Dmitrov, photo op, Rotterdam, tennis
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whoawhoawhoawhoa - he's only 17?!?!
ReplyDeletehmmmmmmmmm.....
If 40 is the new 20, then 17 is the new...errr...regardless, he's a hottie!
ReplyDeleteHe's a Safin-lite with OHBH: heavy bones, clonky gait and Youzhny-like backhand.
ReplyDeleteWonky serve motion, might get him shoulder injury soon. Cocky. Raw looking.
The only reason he took one set off Nadal is the ridiculously fast indoor surface in Rotterdam, which is also totally dead (ball stays low, almost no bounce, impossible to impart spin), the worst possible surface for Rafa. He lost there last year to Seppi of all people! Anybody with half decent serve can beat anybody there.
OMG! total hottie!!!!!!! he reminds me of Marat! omg!!!! lol.... just in time for marat's retirement!
ReplyDeletehaha.... another comment!
ReplyDeleteI can't stop staring at this kid! well, I'm only 21, so he's not that young! ahahahaha........ he is sooooooo charismatic!!! talk about a new prospect......... ahahaha..
Word to Verdasco - that's how you wear a faux hawk.
ReplyDeleteomg young Federer much?? :)
ReplyDeleteI don't think he looks like Roger and he doesn't seem to be temperamental like Roger was. However, I love that, like Roger, he plays with a one handed backhand and, more importantly, he's quite attractive. Luckily I'm only a few months younger than him.
ReplyDeleteDon't see the attraction, much less cuteness. The guy looks like a 30 year old redneck and moves with no grace at all.
ReplyDeleteSafin he ain't.
And that backhand is nothing like Federer's. More like Youzhny's or Kohlschreiber's.
I like his play, and only prob I have with his looks is the fuzz. Shave. The fuzz. Please. Why does (straight) men thinks uneven patches of fuzz is attractive?
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of cute youngsters, Rich, did you see Jesse Huta Galung? Preeeettyyyyyyy.
Good morning to me!:)
ReplyDeleteThank you Rich!!I love this kid!He definetly has adittute, and watch out for him in next years!I flove how he isn't affaid of big star players, you go Dimtri!
And Babz, I heard of Huta 2 years ago, when his picture was on some tennis site saying it's Korolev,I searched him then,and I must say Huta beats them all in looks department!To bad he sucks at tennis though:(
adittude eh
ReplyDeleteNo, I remember "young Marat" and this guy's not even close imo. Er, not that Marat's old now (backtracks hastily). Still, he acquitted himself well against the world number 1. Nadal won't get past Tsonga if he plays like that. Still, not so long ago he would probably lost a match like that on HC. Well, he'd probably have lost in the first round.
ReplyDeleteI did see Galung! I was weirded out by his hair...not quite a hairy situation but he has that severe part.
ReplyDeletebut def eye candy!
the kid has potenital...but safin is still the hottest russian on tour; well the hottest dude on tour period and will be until he retires.
ReplyDeleteI thought Grigor was bulgarian. Either way, he's hot and I hate his name.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Grigor is Bulgarian, I also don't like his name cause that was the name of one characther in Kafka's book, if you've read it, that bug in his book was named Grigor Samsa.Although Dimitrov's nick name is Grisha, and that I like!
ReplyDeleteAnd the longer I look at him I realize the kid is really gorgeous!A bit cocky also.Just the one we need!
Nice to see that you also know about Huta ;) his eyes are great! But the hair is definitily not great.
ReplyDeleteHere's a short summary of the match of Dimitrov en Rafa:
http://player.nos.nl/index.php/media/play/tcmid/tcm:5-478359/category/sport/
>>Well, hello Grigor Dmitrov.<<
ReplyDeleteExactly my thoughts.
>>The rising 17-year old,<<
*feels like child predator*
yumoza!
ReplyDeleteHe does have that Youzhny style for sure.
ReplyDeleteWhoo hoo! I love a one handed backhand - but am going to wait until he's of age to say anything else ;)
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't the boys look like that when I was 17??
ReplyDeleteSonja - let's face it, our generation is so... lacking.
ReplyDeleteHey Rich, I love your blog :)
ReplyDeleteCould you please write Grigor's surname correctly - his surname is DIMITROV
did some research, he'll be 18 in a few months....lol
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