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Dimitrov Wins More With Less

The scoring system in tennis produces a powerful paradox where you can improve on a successful season even by winning fewer points per match on average. Players want to win every point, but only a slim majority is needed for victory. The stats sheets suggest that just a handful of points make a real difference in a match. Take for example Grigor Dimitrov’s resurgence this season. The 25-year-old Bulgarian had his second best year on the ATP World Tour, going 39-27 to improve his year-end Emirates ATP Ranking from No. 28 in 2015, to No. 17 in 2016. Surely, winning more points per match propelled this jump in the rankings. The answer? Yes and no. An Infosys ATP Beyond The...

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Dimitrov Attends The Fashion Awards With Anna Wintour

After years of Anna Wintour watching Grigor Dimitrov play tennis, the Bulgarian entered his friend's element on Monday evening. Wintour and Dimitrov, along with his girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger, attended The Fashion Awards at Royal Albert Hall in London. Fashion has always been a passion of Dimitrov's, and he's long had incredible respect for Wintour, who has been the editor-in-chief at Vogue since 1988. Wintour helped put Dimitrov in the October 2014 issue of the fashion magazine. She's also supported him at the US Open every year since. Dimitrov returned to off-season training on Tuesday. He's in Monaco and then will spend two weeks in Miami with a number of other ATP World Tour players before heading to Brisbane at the...

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