:quality(80)/cdn-kiosk-api.telegraaf.nl/20b6becc-c18a-11eb-9267-0255c322e81b.jpg "Botic van de Zandschulp stunts at Roland Garros | Tennis")
sport">Van de Zandschulp, who made it through three qualifying rounds to the main tournament, was already able to compete with the number 20 in the world in the first two sets, but then he just lacked precision and some fortune on the important points. In the sets that follow, Van de Zandschulp took the initiative more and more emphatically and did not look back.
sport">Hurkacz stayed away from the track for a long time after the fourth set and after the break for the Dutchman he called in medical help. The right arm turned out to be the problem for the winner of the Miami Masters tournament. Van de Zandschulp did not care about the physical misfortune of his opponent and made a very fresh impression himself. He didn’t give up the break in the fifth set.
Hubert Hurkacz is having a hard time.
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sport">Van de Zandschulp dominated from the back, but was also superior at the net. The Dutchman looked a lot sharper and moreover much more handy than his unfit Polish opponent, who has already shown much more on the ATP Tour.
sport">By the time the world’s number 154 was allowed to celebrate the victory, Court 14 was almost deserted, because the curfew is still in force in France. It didn’t make Van de Zandschulp’s happiness any less. A loud scream betrayed the value of his victory. The win in Paris was the biggest of his career to date.
Botic van de Zandschulp is doing it
Ⓒ ANP/HH
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sport">Earlier this year, Van de Zandschulp also qualified for the main tournament of the Australian Open. Then he flew out in the first round against Carlos Alcaraz from Spain, after having been quarantined for two weeks shortly before due to a corona case in his flight towards Melbourne. On the other side of the world, more than three months later, he booked his first victory at a grand slam tournament. And what kind!
sport">Van de Zandschulp, who has never played a five-setter before, is the only Dutchman in the men’s tournament. In the second round, he will face Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who defeated Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin in three sets.
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