Should Grigor Retire?

[Better_Call_Raul]

Should Grigor Retire?

 

[Lleytonstation]

Yes. We fans can not endure any longer.

 

[Tano]

Should Grigor Retire?

He is already retired.

 

[kishnabe]

No, he should keep playing. Remind of us the good old Federer days.

 

[Tennfan123]

He was never winning USO.
He’s a fan favourite and a great image for the ATP. He’s a good looking and well mannered playboy and can attract similar or those with aspirations.
He has a good three years left of building his retirement fund.

 

[Razer]

Tennis is a cruel sport which demonstrates the difference between 30s and 20s very well.... AT the highest level there is no room to win in your 30s unless you are ATGs.

Grigor is old at 33, this is reality.

 

[Better_Call_Raul]

Tennis is a cruel sport which demonstrates the difference between 30s and 20s very well.... AT the highest level there is no room to win in your 30s unless you are ATGs.

Grigor is old at 33, this is reality.

Grigor was 3-33 vs Big Three.
But he has posted some of his best results in the last year. Grigor is ranked the Top 10.
He is not winning Majors but very capable of hanging with most of New Gen for another year. Especially in 3 set matches.
Grigor is a young 33. He has to decide whether he enjoys playing while being content not winning anything.

 

[Razer]

Grigor was 3-33 vs Big Three.
But he has posted some of his best results in the last year. In the Top 10.
He is not winning Majors but very capable of hanging with most of New Gen. Especially in 3 set matches.
Grigor is a young 33.

33 is not young in Tennis or in any sport, what are you smoking ?

 

[Better_Call_Raul]

33 is not young in Tennis or in any sport, what are you smoking ?

Grigor will not be winning anything but he can easily compete in Top 20 for another year.
You fail to understand the weakness of New Gen.
Sinner and Raz have yet to find a third to form a New Gen Big Three.

 

[NedStark]

Grigor was 3-33 vs Big Three.
But he has posted some of his best results in the last year. Grigor is ranked the Top 10.
He is not winning Majors but very capable of hanging with most of New Gen for another year. Especially in 3 set matches.
Grigor is a young 33. He has to decide whether he enjoys playing while being content not winning anything.

The question is that whether he can continue this form or collapse quickly like Anderson after Wimbledon 2018.

 

[Better_Call_Raul]

The question is that whether he can continue this form or collapse quickly like Anderson after Wimbledon 2018.

Don't know what his third set injury is all about but old Grigor played young Tiafoe dead even for two sets.
Grigor is very fit.

 

[A_Instead]

Regardless of age..he reached the qts of US Open this year. more than most can say who played in the tournament..

 

[thrust]

Should Grigor Retire?

NO! As long as he enjoys playing, he should continue playing. His game is great to watch, he is still making good money, and he is still very popular and competitive.

 

[Backspin1183]

He can still win ATP 250 or even ATP 500 titles, and some more deep runs at Slams. That's still more than what over 50% of the tour can dream of.

He was never good enough to win a Slam in his prime, and has never even reached a final. I don't get why some of his fans still expect him to win one in his old age.

 

[RaulRamirez]

Regardless of age..he reached the qts of US Open this year. more than most can say who played in the tournament..

Yep, 120 out of 128 would've preferred his overall result.

 

[nolefam_2024]

Grigor Dimitrov career statistics - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Check this and decide. No one retires when they are playing well

 

[mcs1970]

What a dumb thread. The guy is in the top 15 of his profession and playing well. Just because he might never win a GS he should retire?

 

[TheGoldenEra1990’s]

He should have found a different hobby. He doesn’t seem to be very good at tennis or put in the necessary work to be good at tennis . He was touted as the next Federer and he became Harold Minor to a Michael Jordan. All those years on tour and hardly anything to show for it

 

[Bill Lobsalot]

He should have found a different hobby. He doesn’t seem to be very good at tennis or put in the necessary work to be good at tennis . He was touted as the next Federer and he became Harold Minor to a Michael Jordan. All those years on tour and hardly anything to show for it

He dated Sharapova for a few years.

 

[Rosstour]

He should have found a different hobby. He doesn’t seem to be very good at tennis or put in the necessary work to be good at tennis . He was touted as the next Federer and he became Harold Minor to a Michael Jordan. All those years on tour and hardly anything to show for it

Yeah he's not very good...clown

 

[TheGoldenEra1990’s]

Yeah he's not very good...clown

Ummmm He’s not. Projected to do a lot and did a whole lot of nothing. We need to stop make excuses for guys who failed expectations. This is why 3 guys dominated everything for 20 years. Everyone else was let off the hook for not getting better or working on their game

 

[TheGoldenEra1990’s]

He dated Sharapova for a few years.

Yea that’s about his only conquest LOL

 

[Hitman]

He wasn't winning this USO regardless of what happened. He is doing fine by his standards and age, he can keep going for another four years at least.

 

[thrust]

He should have found a different hobby. He doesn’t seem to be very good at tennis or put in the necessary work to be good at tennis . He was touted as the next Federer and he

Millions of dollars, top 10-20 rankings, 1 WTF title among other tournament wins and is very popular with the fans and especially, ladies

 

[MasturB]

He's gonna stick around because he's good looking and has dated many beautiful WTA players in the last 10 years

 

[Rosstour]

Ummmm He’s not. Projected to do a lot and did a whole lot of nothing. We need to stop make excuses for guys who failed expectations. This is why 3 guys dominated everything for 20 years. Everyone else was let off the hook for not getting better or working on their game

Maybe you need to stop calling everyone a mug and accept that the B3 dominated because they were good and not because everyone else was bad

 

[Tano]

Tennis is a cruel sport which demonstrates the difference between 30s and 20s very well.... AT the highest level there is no room to win in your 30s unless you are ATGs.

Grigor is old at 33, this is reality.

Andres Gomez says Hello!

 

[thrust]

Maybe you need to stop calling everyone a mug and accept that the B3 dominated because they were good and not because everyone else was bad

The beg 3 were exceptionally good as were: Gonzalez-Rosewall and Hoad. Then there was: Rosewall, Gonzalez and Laver. Then: Borg-Connors-McEnroe. Then: Lendl-Becker-Edberg and Wilander-soon after: Sampras-Agassi-Courier

 

[RSJfan]

Grigor was 3-33 vs Big Three.
But he has posted some of his best results in the last year. Grigor is ranked the Top 10.
He is not winning Majors but very capable of hanging with most of New Gen for another year. Especially in 3 set matches.
Grigor is a young 33. He has to decide whether he enjoys playing while being content not winning anything.

My fav BCR is a young TTW poster capable of hanging with Bionic Posters but if you add in all the mileage from his Raul SJ years not so young. Perhaps explaining his frequent diatribes about electric cars and his absences during match threads.

 

[thrust]

Andres Gomez says Hello!

I was happy that Gomez beat Agassi for his FO win, still though, he is not and ATG

 

[Tano]

I was happy that Gomez beat Agassi for his FO win, still though, he is not and ATG

That's why I refuted him that it is not necessary to have ATG level to win a Major tournament in their 30s.
The case of Gomez, Korda and we can also include Gimeno, stand out in the list of players who had their greatest success outside of their peak physical form.

 

[Johnny505]

S Williams has a job lined up for him when he stops playing as her Personal Assistant when Alexis is away

 

[thrust]

G tournament in their 30s.
The case of Gomez, Korda and we can also include Gimeno, stand out in the list of players who had their greatest success outside of their peak physical form.

Good Point.

 

[nolefam_2024]

S Williams has a job lined up for him when he stops playing as her Personal Assistant when Alexis is away

He is richer than most of the people on planet. I don't know why he would

 

[Rosstour]

The beg 3 were exceptionally good as were: Gonzalez-Rosewall and Hoad. Then there was: Rosewall, Gonzalez and Laver. Then: Borg-Connors-McEnroe. Then: Lendl-Becker-Edberg and Wilander-soon after: Sampras-Agassi-Courier

Courier?

How long was his Slam-winning period?

 

[TheGoldenEra1990’s]

Maybe you need to stop calling everyone a mug and accept that the B3 dominated because they were good and not because everyone else was bad

If it was only Big 3 that stopped dimitrov for past decade it would make sense sure. But…..

 

[SonnyT]

How else does he get so much money, and get banged up by beautiful women all over the world? Don't be silly!

 

[Ronaldo]

He is richer than most of the people on planet. I don't know why he would

Grigor or Alexis?

 

[nolefam_2024]

Grigor or Alexis?

Both are rich.

I meant grigor.

 

[Rosstour]

If it was only Big 3 that stopped dimitrov for past decade it would make sense sure. But…..

You can't be a mug and win the World Tour Finals sir. It's impossible

 

[TheLeadMaster]

Benoit Paire should retire.

 

[Ronaldo]

Benoit Paire should retire.

Retirement Match?

 

[Johnny505]

Benoit Paire should retire.

Paire, Cretin, Rublev, Tsispus, Kyrgios and Putinseva should start their own UFC in the ATP/WTA. Can't see Grigor lasting more than 3 mins with Paire in the ring.

 

[Daniel Andrade]

I think Raul should retire from TTW.

 

[thrust]

Courier?

How long was his Slam-winning period?

Not long, but he did win 4 slams on 2 different surfaces.

 

[Terenigma]

I have the same attitude about him as I did about Murray when he was on his last legs. He should keep playing as long as he wants to and if he enjoys tennis but from a viewer perspective and my view, he just isn't appealing anymore. It's like he's just "there" for the sake of being there and yeah he's good enough to make QF in most events but he's not winning any of the important ones and I would rather focus on the next gen completely than cling to the remnants of last gen.

 

[bobbybob14]

I love that people are debating on whether a top 10 player in the world should retire. Does that mean everyone that is below him should retire as well?

 

[nolefam_2024]

This year 1 seminfinalist was single hander and ironically it was freaking Musetti the manbun

Dimitrov has career full of bad losses
One more loss is not that big a deal. Tennis is very top heavy sport.

 

[thrust]

I have the same attitude about him as I did about Murray when he was on his last legs. He should keep playing as long as he wants to and if he enjoys tennis but from a viewer perspective and my view, he just isn't appealing anymore. It's like he's just "there" for the sake of being there and yeah he's good enough to make QF in most events but he's not winning any of the important ones and I would rather focus on the next gen completely than cling to the remnants of last gen.

Still though, his game is one of the few remaining that evokes the memory of: Federer, Sampras and earlier great players, though he was not nearly as successful as they were.

 

[thrust]

I love that people are debating on whether a top 10 player in the world should retire. Does that mean everyone that is below him should retire as well?

Good Point-LOL!