: S-Hertogenbosch Open: Wild Card van Rijthoven downs Medvedev in final, Alexandrova upsets Sabalenka #IndiaNEWS Tim van Rijthoven made the most of a rare main tour berth as he claimed a first title

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s-Hertogenbosch Open: Wild Card van Rijthoven downs Medvedev in final, Alexandrova upsets Sabalenka #IndiaNEWS
Tim van Rijthoven made the most of a rare main tour berth as he claimed a first title by sweeping aside Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-1 in the final of the grass court tournament in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.The 25-year-old Dutchhman, ranked 205th in the world, took 1hr 5min to crush the Russian who, despite the loss, returns to number one in ATP rankings on Monday in place of Novak Djokovic. With the win, van Rijthoven goes up to 106 in the world.Van Rijthoven, who was invited into the Dutch event as a wild card, had spent this season, like most of his career, on the second tier Challenger Tour. “This is new for me, it’s going to take some time getting used to,� said Van Rijthoven, who had not won a tour-level match prior to this week, in his on-court interview. “What a dream this week. I would like to thank my team for staying humble this week, doing the normal things, not making this thing any bigger than it was.�Medvedev told the new champion: “First time in an ATP final and you destroy the World No 2.�Van Rijthoven fell in the qualifying rounds of this year’s first two majors, but he is the only one of Sunday’s singles...Read more

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