Gijs Brouwer played for the first time in the Wimbledon main draw last week. The 27-year-old tennis player from Venhuizen flew out in the first round, but has proven himself. “It was a very nice experience. I look back on it with great pleasure,” he says at home from West Friesland.
As a qualifier, Brouwer reached the Wimbledon main draw for the first time. In a beautiful entourage he played on Court 1 against world top Alexander Zverev. “I thought it was cool to play against him on that track,” says Brouwer.
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In the end, Brouwer lost to Zverev in three sets, but twice he managed to pull a tiebreak out of the fire. “I have a good feeling about it. Even after seeing it again on TV. It was a nice pot. It just shows that I’m not far from the level I want to go to. I’ve also seen there that a good preparation and a good strategy pays off.”
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Initially, Brouwer was supposed to play on Tuesday, but because of the bad weather in London, he had to wait until Thursday. “I was just really looking forward to it and I had to wait a little longer. But it actually didn’t bother me at all. It was just a pity that my father had to leave and couldn’t see my match.”
Next week Brouwer will leave for the United States to play a number of tournaments. There he hopes to qualify for the US Open.
NH Sport recently made the following report about Gijs Brouwer.