“Wimbledon announced that they were happy to give me a wildcard. That is really fantastic news,” says the tennis sensation. Richard Krajicek had a role in the assignment. The former winner of the English tournament sent a “nice letter” to London and that helped enormously.
Van Rijthoven reached the quarterfinals of the junior tournament in London in 2014. There was no breakthrough, partly due to injuries. “It is quite special that he now receives this wild card as a foreign player,” said his supervisor.
Thanks to the win of the Libéma Open, Van Rijthoven rose in the world ranking to place 106. De Brabander was supposed to participate in a British challenger in Ilkley this week, but he has withdrawn from that.
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