Who Will Win: Jannik Sinner or Grigor Dimitrov, 2024 Miami Open ...

DK's Pick: Grigor Dimitrov

KANE: And I thought one-handed backhands had no place at the top of men's tennis…

Barely a month after Stefanos Tsitsipas made a historic exit from the Top 10, meaning zero players with one-handed backhands would occupying that rarefied air in the ATP rankings, a new supreme has risen, and it’s an old favorite.

Grigor Dimitrov, né “Baby Fed” has long been a popular figure in the locker room and with fans, but has long struggled for the standard of consistency set by his vaunted namesake. Ranked No. 3 after winning the Cincinnati Masters and ATP Finals in 2017, the gregarious Bulgarian finished at a lowly No. 28 in 2021 and 2022 before showing signs of life at the end of 2023 with a semifinal and runner-up finish at the Shanghai and Paris Masters, respectively.

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Carrying that momentum into 2024, Dimitrov began his push back towards the Top 10 for the first time since 2018 in Miami, where he has now beaten three Top 10 players—including top seed Carlos Alcaraz—en route to his second Masters 1000 final in under six months.

He played phenomenal tennis in the home stretch against No. 4 seed Alexander Zverev, shaking off a second-set hiccup to play an early Shot of the Year candidate, diving for a volley on what proved a decisive break point. Like Zverev, Sinner owns a head-to-head advantage on Dimitrov, but the 32-year-old is playing inspired tennis against an opponent who may be lacking for freshness after a busy Sunshine Swing.

Now set to return to the Top 10 next week, does Dimitrov have two more sets of magic left in Miami?