Grigor Dimitrov may be experiencing “a ton of emotions” during his tennis matches after his split with his girlfriend Maria Sharapova. Seeing how he is just 24 years old, he may be feeling the pangs of early love.

In an interview with Sports360 right before the US Open, which was also right after split with Maria, Grigor Dimitrov talked about the emotions that he feels during tennis games.

He said, “Before certain matches, you might have those butterflies, but that’s the excitement. There’s a ton of emotion that you’re going through. One of the secrets is to be able to control those emotions coming into every match. There’s just a ton of emotion going through you. I think that’s the beauty of it.”

Sounds like he has gotten a lot more emotional after his two years with Maria.

While Grigor wasn’t able to get very far in the US Open this year, his ex girlfriend couldn’t even participate in the tournament due to her leg injury. So the two probably didn’t have to cross paths at all in New York.

According to the Guardian, “Maria Sharapova, struggling with a right leg strain less than a fortnight before the start of the US Open, withdrew from the Cincinnati Masters on Tuesday night. She was joined on the sick list by Venus Williams, who has a virus.”

At least without Grigor Dimitrov, Maria Sharapova will be able to concentrate on healing her injury before the US Open 2015 starts in less than two weeks’ time.

To distract herself, she also has been getting sexy on Instagram after the breakup, showing her ex Grigor Dimitrov what exactly he is missing out on.

Grigor Dimitrov recently has been under fire for not being able to keep up with her string of successes.