Grigor Dimitrov had some new faces in his coaching box as he made an impressive return to action to defeat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard at the 2025 Paris Masters.<\/p>\n
In his first match since the injury that brutally ended his Wimbledon campaign 112 days earlier, Dimitrov<\/a> convincingly defeated world No 56 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 7-6(5), 6-1 in the first round of the ATP 1000 in Paris.<\/p>\n The former world No 3 underwent surgery after he was forced to retire due to a pectoral tear when leading Jannik Sinner 6-3, 7-5, 2-2 in the last 16 at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n Dimitrov announced in September that he had parted ways with Jamie Delgado, who he had worked with since December 2022.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter a few years and great achievements together, Jamie Delgado and I have decided to part ways amicably,\u201d Dimitrov wrote on his Instagram story.<\/p>\n \u201cI wish him the best in his future endeavours. I\u2019m excited to start fresh after this time I\u2019ve dedicated fully to my recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n During his time with Delgado, who previously coached Andy Murray, Dimitrov reached seven finals, including Masters 1000 finals in Paris and Miami.<\/p>\n The Bulgarian won his first title in over six years at the 2024 Brisbane International and returned to the top 10 in the ATP Rankings in 2024.<\/p>\n It was announced earlier this month that British star Jack Draper had hired Delgado as his coach.<\/p>\n Yutaka Nakamura, a renowned fitness trainer and strength and conditioning coach, is with Dimitrov in Paris.<\/p>\n The Japanese has an outstanding CV in tennis, having worked with a host of stars, including Maria Sharapova, Naomi Osaka, Simona Halep, Jennifer Capriati, Mary Pierce, Tommy Haas, Emma Raducanu, Kei Nishikori and Denis Shapovalov.<\/p>\n Nakamura\u2019s previous role was with Raducanu, who hired him in December 2024. He worked with the Brit in the early part of the 2025 season before stepping down.<\/p>\n Everything Grigor Dimitrov said after stunning Paris Masters comeback from injury<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Grigor Dimitrov speaks out about his Wimbledon injury ahead of Paris Masters comeback<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Dimitrov has not made any announcements about his coaching team since splitting with Delgado, but he was also supported by Grant Chen during his opening round win at the 2025 Paris Masters.<\/p>\n Chen is the head coach for the men\u2019s tennis team at Southern Methodist University in Texas.<\/p>\n Colin Fleming, a retired British player who was commentating on the match for Sky Sports, revealed Dimitrov has known Chen \u201cfor a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFirst time we\u2019ve seen Dimitrov since Wimbledon and in that period, of course, a change in the team,\u201d Fleming said as cameras focused on Dimitrov\u2019s coaching box.<\/p>\n \u201cGentleman in the white cap there is Grant Chen, you can see he\u2019s got what looks like a US college hat there, that\u2019s because he is the men\u2019s tennis head coach at SMU. Known Grigor for a long time, has Grant.\u201d<\/p>\n Fleming, who reached a career-high ranking of 17, assessed that Dimitrov\u2019s decision to work with Chen and Nakamura proves he still has big ambitions.<\/p>\n \u201cI think having those sorts of people in his box says to me that Dimitrov still has serious ambitions in the sport,\u201d said the Brit.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s 34 years of age now, he doesn\u2019t look too old to be playing top-level tennis, does he? He\u2019s a serious athlete, plenty of power in his game.\u201d<\/p>\n After his victory against Mpetshi Perricard in Paris, Dimitrov spoke about the challenges of his rehab from his pectoral injury and his goals for his comeback.<\/p>\n What happened during his time away<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cOh, there\u2019s so much, so much that happened. Firstly, I had a great summer, at least, a wonderful time. I was able to do anything I wanted to do and had some rest as I wasn\u2019t playing. But the rehab was not easy, especially after our first month \u2013 it was the time where I really had to put a lot of work in.<\/p>\n \u201cMentally, I felt really great for some reason. I was kind of waiting to just dip a little bit, and the more challenging part was, I would say, two weeks before my return because I was building my own expectations, and you feel good to play, but you don\u2019t know how anything will play out. Then I started feeling a little bit of excitement, but throughout the whole time, it was just very straightforward, and I was practising exactly the amount that I had to.\u201d<\/p>\n Dimitrov\u2019s goals<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just going one day at a time right now. There\u2019s no point for me to set any goals right now. My goal is still next year to come back and make sure that I play the whole season properly and stay healthy. That\u2019s actually my goal right now. So, any given day that I\u2019m out there on the court, whether it\u2019s practice or a match, being able to go through it, that\u2019s a success already.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: How many points are Alcaraz, Sinner, Zverev, Fritz & other ATP stars defending at Paris Masters?<\/a> The post How Grigor Dimitrov is hoping to return to the top with Emma Raducanu\u2019s ex-coach<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Grigor Dimitrov had some new faces in his coaching box as he made an impressive return to action to defeat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard at the 2025 Paris Masters. In his first match since the injury that brutally ended his Wimbledon campaign 112 days earlier, Dimitrov convincingly defeated world No 56 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 7-6(5), 6-1 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Grigor Dimitrov\u2019s new-look team at the Paris Masters<\/h2>\n
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