Dimitrov wishes luck to Rafael Nadal: I never wish injuries for players
Grigor Dimitrov believes there is something unique about players like Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Asked about the Spanish player's comeback to competition in Brisbane following a tough 2018 season, Dimitrov said: 'With the top top guys, obviously, I mean whether it's Rafa, Roger, Novak, Andy, the capability of not playing for months and all of a sudden show up at a Slam and produce some of their best tennis is out there. So there's one of the variables out there already. I hope he (Nadal) is injury free and he can play, of course. I mean I'm never going to wish otherwise to another fellow tennis player. But this is -- I mean this is the game, and in a way anything can happen at any given time. So you just need to be ready and prepare. But I'm sure if he's feeling well he's going to give 100% for himself.'
Unfortunately for Nadal though, he pulled out of the Brisbane Open with a strain on his left thigh in order to be able to play the Australian Open, later this month.
On his first-round win over Yoshihito Nishioka on Monday, Dimitrov added: 'There were games that I don't want to say I was throwing them away, but I was just going for my shots. I mean I think at times when you're up a break you don't need to start defending yourself. You need to just play offensive, and this is how I want to establish myself at times that I can do that. And even that break in the second set was just -- I mean for sure I was mad but not to the extent that I'm like, oh, my God, I'm going to over think now. I had good leverage to try some of the shots, to go for certain parts of the net, just things that I can see as a player. And, yeah, but that's -- I mean as I said, for a first match, it's good for now.'
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