“Honestly, I love watching him playing, I love practicing against him, competing against him. I mean, I’m 12 years older than him. It’s honestly a lot of fun for me to challenge myself. It’s a great opportunity for me.”
However, Dimitrov refused to give himself a rating as he looked ahead to his semi-final against Alexander Zverev. “I’m not rating anything yet since I have to play again tomorrow. I’m trying to stay on point. This is how our sport is,” the nine-time title winner said.
“You appreciate it, of course. You’re very happy with the current win. Then you have to quickly move on and start focusing on the next match. I think at the moment I’m just very pleased that I was able to go through that match, you know, to go through it in such a manner, and I already have another match to play tomorrow. To be completely honest with you, everything kind of shifted already for tomorrow, but again, I’m very proud of myself that I was able to play such a good and clean match overall.”
