Grigor Dimitrov has defined why he was in tears following his one-sided defeat to Novak Djokovic within the Rolex Paris Masters ultimate. The world No 17 loved a resurgent week, reaching his first Masters ultimate in additional than six years. But he fell on the final hurdle as Djokovic dispatched him 6-4 6-3. After being spotted crying on his bench, Dimitrov mentioned that solely he knew what he had been via over the previous couple of months.

Dimitrov's fairytale run resulted in disappointment as Djokovic wanted simply 98 minutes to beat him in Sunday's ultimate, with the Bulgarian failing to arrange any break level probabilities and hitting 16 unforced errors. The world No 17 coated his face together with his towel as he retreated to his bench after the loss and cried, with Djokovic additionally coming over to console him.

There was a smile on his face as soon as once more when the gang began chanting his title and he shared his gratitude in a heartfelt runner-up speech. And Dimitrov later opened up on why he began crying as he admitted they have been each pleased tears and the product of frustration in defeat. "It's difficult to explain emotions, I think. You want it," the previous world No 3 mentioned.

"You know, it's tough when it doesn't happen. Only I know, in a way, without, like, feeling sorry for myself, what I've gone through the past months on and off the court."

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Reflecting on his current run - which additionally consists of semi-final appearances on the Shanghai Masters and in Chengdu, and a quarter-final in Beijing - Dimitrov admitted that there was additionally a launch of emotion following a robust finish to the season. He continued: "Those are happy tears.

"I do not need to have them as one thing damaging. I'm human, in spite of everything. At the tip of the day, I believe simply the buildup not solely of the final two weeks, the final months of onerous work and the massive journey in China, every part has been type of, in a manner, snowballing like day after day, match after match."

Dimitrov will now return to the world's top 15 following his run to a second Masters title, but the 32-year-old was also disappointed not to go all the way in Bercy. "Of course ultimately I used to be so shut to creating one thing that I wished to do for such a very long time," he added.

"I do not need to have this as a aim is simply to win the event, nevertheless it was simply extra of my psychological and bodily manner that I used to be coping with and thru these previous months. Yeah, I imply, I'm not ashamed of them. It simply occurred. I'm unhappy. Of course I'm unhappy that I misplaced. It's by no means enjoyable if you lose in a ultimate. I believe for me now I've a while to replicate and transfer on."

While it wasn't to be in Sunday's final, Dimitrov is now hoping that he can keep putting himself in the position to win titles, with his last coming at the 2017 ATP Finals. Reflecting on his week, he said: "I do not need to say a lot, simply because I've not considered it too, an excessive amount of, however the one factor I do know for certain is that I simply need to put myself in these positions each single time, which signifies that each time I get on the market to play is like I'm there to play."