Grigor Dimitrov won’t be ready for the start of the North American hard-court swing as the world No. 10 is withdrawing from an ATP 500 tournament in Washington after tearing his abductor at Wimbledon.
15 days ago, Dimitrov saw his very promising campaign at The Championships end in a very unfortunate and brutal way after he slipped on the grass and was forced to retire his round-of-16 match to Daniil Medvedev. A few days later, the 33-year-old Bulgarian revealed that he suffered an abductor tear in his left leg and indicated that he would need some time to recover before getting back to action.
And now seven days before the start of Washington, former world No. 3 Dimitrov has already confirmed that he will not be making his ninth appearance at the tournament this year. This sadly happened a year after Dimitrov achieved his best Washington result – the Bulgarian made his first semifinal at the Citi Open 12 months ago.
Now, the hope remains that Dimitrov will at least be able to compete at the Montreal Masters, which starts on August 6th.
What happened to Dimitrov at Wimbledon?
On July 7th, world No. 10 Dimitrov made a great start to his Wimbledon round-of-16 match against Daniil Medvedev. But after earning an early break and getting to a 3-0 lead, the 33-year-old Bulgarian badly slipped on the grass.
From that moment on, Dimitrov was evidently hampered by a leg injury – and after a medical timeout didn’t help and Medvedev won five consecutive games to go 5-2 up – the Bulgarian realized that there was no point in continuing the match because getting a win wasn’t possible in those circumstances.
After receiving the diagnosis, Dimitrov shared it with his fans.
“Hi Everyone. I wanted to give a little update on my end. After some tests and scans my doctor informed me that I have an abductor tear in my left leg. I am going to need to take a little time off, but am already starting on the rehab. Can’t thank you all enough for the nice notes of support over the past weeks. Looking forward to getting back out there!” Dimitrov wrote in a message posted on his Instagram Story three days after the Wimbledon retirement.