The Sir Andy Murray lieutenant driving Grigor Dimitrov's 'now or never' push for glory at Wimbledon after stirring win over Matteo Berrettini

Bulgarian Dimitrov is a wildcard entrant to Wimbledon this year, and as he makes his way back from injury, he has restarted his coaching relationship with Jamie Delgado, who worked with him between 2022 and 2025, and who was a long-time part of Sir Andy Murray's set-up, notably when the British legend won Wimbledon in 2016.

Dimitrov came up against another player with fitness concerns, Matteo Berrettini, on Saturday and edged a hard-fought five-set clash, setting up a last-16 meeting with the final home hope, Arthur Fery.

Fery defeated Zizou Bergs in his own five-set win on the same day, with the 23-year-old surprising many by going the furthest of any British players at the All England Club.

Speaking after the win, Dimitrov opened up on the "clear goal" he and Delgado share.

”Me and Jamie have always worked, I think, well," Dimitrov said.

"We see the game the same way. I think he's great at managing, I think, throughout the whole team, including me.

"I think we speak a very common language of what needs to be done, simplifies things for me a lot. 

”You know, I'm on a timeline, so it was important for me to set the boundaries, set the rules, and set the goals.

"That's just what it is. Again, I don't know how much more I'm going to play or years of this. No one knows at the moment. 

”We have a very clear goal, a clear vision of what needs to be done right now and what we can do. He's really good at helping me, like, managing all these moments, because it's now or never for me to have that last final push for my career.”

Dimitrov, currently ranked No. 146 but who had been as high as No. 3, said that he was a believer in destiny, but he was focusing on enjoying these moments at Wimbledon ahead of any ambition he had agreed with Delgado.

”Always I believe in destiny,” Dimitrov said. ”The roof has been closing the last three matches. I mean, I don't know.

"Yeah, I believe in destiny, but right now, we're just, you know, living in the moment.

"I think that's all I have been trying to do every single day when I get out there on the courts, whether I'm playing a match or not. I just want to keep that line going. 

”I know it sounds a little bit cliché, but really the outcome for me, it becomes secondary right now.

"I think just falling in love again with the game and everything that, you know, that I have gone through the past 12 months and all that, the magnitude of that, it's way different for me.

"I'm taking everything one day at a time. ”

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