With videoThijs Boogaard failed to reach the second qualifying round of the ABN Amro Open in Ahoy. The only 15-year-old Dutchman, the youngest participants ever in Rotterdam, lost in two sets to the Frenchman Hugo Gaston in front of his own audience: 3-6 3-6. Gijs Brouwer qualified for the second and final preliminary round.
Boogaard, born on July 5, 2008, is known as one of the greatest talents in the Netherlands and has been participating in the Grand Slam tournaments for juniors up to 18 years old for some time. Boogaard occupies 57th place among the juniors. Among the seniors he is the global number 1681.
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Against Gaston the score was tied at 2-2 in the first set. In the fifth game Boogaard had three chances to take a 3-2 lead. That didn’t work and Gaston struck at the first break point. With the score at 5-3 for Gaston, Boogaard cleared three more set points, but the 23-year-old Frenchman scored the fourth.
In the second set, Boogaard immediately gave up his serve. The 15-year-old talent could not recover from that blow. Boogaard also lost the second set 6-3 and was eliminated in Rotterdam. Gaston, 86th in the world rankings, advances to the second and final qualifying round.
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Brewer
Gijs Brouwer has also received a wildcard for the preliminaries. The world number 159 survived the first qualifying round. Brouwer (27) was too strong in two sets for the 19-year-old Frenchman Luca van Assche, 68th in the world rankings: 6-3 6-3.
Brouwer experienced the highlight of his career last year in Ahoy. On his debut he reached the quarter-finals, where Tallon Greek Spoor defeated him. Despite his good result last year, Jesper de Jong was preferred for a wild card for the main tournament this year.
Guy den Ouden (21) received the third wild card for the qualifications from tournament director Richard Krajicek. He starts his match against the Spaniard Pablo Llamas Ruiz around 4.15 pm.
Greek Spoor and Van de Zandschulp
The qualifications are on Saturday and Sunday. The main tournament starts on Monday. Two Dutchmen have automatically qualified for the main tournament: Tallon Greekpoor and Botic van de Zandschulp.
Greek Spoor will meet Italian Lorenzo Musetti in the first round, Van de Zandschulp will face the first seed Jannik Sinner, winner of the Australian Open last month, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. Defending champion Daniil Medevdev withdrew on Monday due to physical discomfort.
No Hartono final in Mumbai
Arianne Hartono failed to reach the final at the WTA tournament in Mumbai. The 21-year-old Latvian Darja Semenistaja was too strong for the six-year-older from Groningen in the semi-finals in the Indian city in two sets. The set scores were 7-5 and 6-4.
Hartono is number 153 in the world, Semenistaja is 32 places higher on the list. The Mumbai tournament is a so-called WTA 125 tournament and is therefore one of the smallest tournaments at the highest level.
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