Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov
Carlos Perez-gallardo, Reuters
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The world still hasn’t won the war with the covid. To a greater or lesser extent, a pandemic affects all countries. Even professional athletes did not escape the infection. Grigor Dimitrov, the current sixteenth tennis player on the planet, who had been fighting a covid last summer, described how devastating the sometimes underestimated disease can have on the body of a top tennis player.
“I didn’t understand it. When the doctors told me that I was infected, I was shocked. Soon after, I lost my taste and smell, I didn’t feel well, I was having trouble breathing,” the Bulgarian tennis player describes the beginnings of his vicissitudes.
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“Before the diagnosis, I met a lot of people. Full of families with children. I tried to call them all immediately and tell them to get tested. It is very fortunate that no one else was infected. Not even my family,” the native of Haskov continues.
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However, according to his ideas, the return to the courts after recovery certainly did not take place. “One day I felt good and calmly trained for four hours at a time. The next day I was out, I just slept or I had to rest. The disease destroyed me not only physically but also mentally, I was not ready for it at all,” says the winner. Champions tournaments from 2017.
And it adds a warning. “I don’t want to keep quiet. I want everyone to know. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you’re doing, or how excellent your physical condition is. Illness can destroy you. One suddenly realizes how weak he is and how insignificant other things are, when it comes to health, “says Dimitrov.
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Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov
Carlos Perez-gallardo, Reuters
However, the serious illness had one positive impact on the Bulgarian superstar. “I value the little things more. I enjoy the sunrise or the fact that I can have coffee with friends,” concludes this year’s quarterfinalist Australian Open Dimitrov.
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