Gijs Brouwer is more than a hundred places lower than Marc-Andrea Hüsler in the world ranking. Nevertheless, the tennis player from Venhuizen very surprisingly knocked his Swiss opponent out of the ABN Amro tournament today. Brouwer qualified for the second round with 6-3 and 7-5.
Brouwer received a wild card for the jubilee edition in Rotterdam at the very last minute. The number 160 in the ATP rankings owed it to the cancellation of Frenchman Gaël Monfils. As a result, the 26-year-old tennis player did not have to play qualifying matches for the main tournament.
Today, one break in the first set and one break in the second set on the service of Hüsler (47th in the world) was enough to win the match. On Thursday he will meet the winner of the duel between Holger Rune (9th) and Constant Lestienne (54th) in the second round.
Later today, Tallon Grepes will also be in action in Rotterdam. Botic van de Zandschulp plays tomorrow.