2021 Indian Wells Masters Second Round – Grigor Dimitrov vs Daniel Altmaier Preview & Prediction
THE FACTS
When is Grigor Dimitrov vs Daniel Altmaier on and what time does it start? Grigor Dimitrov vs Daniel Altmaier will take place on Saturday 9th October, 2021 – not before 21:40 (UK)
Where is Grigor Dimitrov vs Daniel Altmaier taking place? Grigor Dimitrov vs Daniel Altmaier will take place at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in California, USA
What surface is Grigor Dimitrov vs Daniel Altmaier being played on? Grigor Dimitrov vs Daniel Altmaier will take place on an outdoor hard court
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What channel is Grigor Dimitrov vs Daniel Altmaier on? Grigor Dimitrov vs Daniel Altmaier will be televised on the Amazon Prime Video app on smart TVs
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THE LOWDOWN
World number 28 Grigor Dimitrov has eight ATP titles to his name including a Masters event at the 2017 Cincinnati Open in 2017, where he ended the year at world number three as the ATP Finals champion. Since then the Bulgarian has struggled to exert himself on the tour for any prolonged period of time, although a semi-final defeat to Rafael Nadal at the 2019 US Open looked like a brief resurgence. The 30-year-old remains one of the bigger enigmas on tour, with a run to the quarter-finals of Australian Open this season and a semi-final last week at the San Diego Open highlights of a tough year. World number 114 Daniel Altmaier comfortably beat Sam Querrey in straight sets on Thursday to reach the second round of Indian Wells in his debut. The 23-year-old made two semi-finals at ATP 250 events on clay this season.
THE PREDICTION
Grigor Dimitrov’s performance at the San Diego Open last week is cause for some small glimmer of hope that the Bulgarian can go on a confidence-boosting run here at Indian Wells. The 30-year-old will go down as one of the most talented players, certainly of this millennium, never to win a Grand Slam unless there is a drastic return to his blistering level from 2017. He should in any case have enough to beat Daniel Altmaier in straight sets but given the German’s good win on Thursday taking Dimitrov to win outright seems a suitably cautious pick.
