Tennis came to life this week as one of the surprising stories for the completely unexpected considering the careful resume of its main character, Tim Van Rijthoven.
The Dutch player, 25 years old and world number 205, has been active for many years without much brilliance on the circuits. Challenger at ITF, the second and third divisions of tennis. In fact, it has not yet passed a previous stage in the main circuit.
Therefore, Van Rijthoven is an unknown tennis player who came this week on Hertogenboschwith an invitation and has not yet won a match against the ATP, but left the tournament in his home country as champion after adding his first five victories with unparalleled climax, knocking out the final Daniel Medvedev: 6-4 and 6-1 in just 65 minutes.
DREAM WEEK IS COMPLETE ✅
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“Congratulations, Tim, for this incredible week! It’s your first time playing the ATP final and destroying the world number 2 in two sets. I don’t know how you feel, but it must be a good feeling ! ”Medvedev himself said. him.at the trophy ceremony
Despite the defeat, the Russian will take back world number 1 on Monday at the expense of the Serbian Novak Djokovicwhich further explains the achievements of Van Rijthoven, the first tennis player from the Netherlands to win an ATP title in the last decade, since robin haase sa Kitzbühel’2012.
Previously, Tim only entered one main draw on the ATP tour, as the ‘lucky-loser’ in Winston-Salem’2016but lost in the first round against the Czech Jiri Vesely. Until this week, his only high -level success was achieved in the same year when he defeated the Swede Michael Ymer in a qualifying round Davis cup.
Despite these brief antecedents, one by one, in the grass of Hertogenbosch, he was defeated matthew ebden (7-6, 7-6), Taylor Fritz (6-7, 7-5, 6-4), Hugo Gaston (7-6, 6-4), Felix Auger-Aliassime (6-3, 1-6, 7-6) and the aforementioned Medvedev (6-4, 6-1).
“It’s new to me, it’s going to take me a while to assimilate,” Van Rijthoven admits. I want to thank my team for staying humble this week, doing normal things, not making it any bigger than before. I want to thank everyone for their incredible support throughout the week ”, the Dutchman said while addressing his audience.
“I have a lot of respect for Daniil. You are a great player, I have seen you many times on television and now it is a dream to play with you. It is an honor to take part on the court with you. I am sure you will win many more titles and, I hope, I hope to see you in the future many more times on the track ”, he added.
Van Rijthoven will make a 99-spot jump in the rankings this Monday to land in the gates of the world top-100, at No. 106. Time will tell whether Hertogenbosch is the flower of the week or the launch of a career so far lukewarm.
Source: La Verdad
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