‘s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) – Despite all the favoritism of Daniil Medvedev, who will return to the top of the world rankings on Monday, the ATP 250 title at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, on grass in Holland, was in the hands of host Tim Van Rijthoven. The 25-year-old guest and only 205th in the standings surprised again and won this Sunday’s final by 6/4 and 6/1.

Prior to the excellent week on Dutch grass, Van Rijthoven hadn’t even had any ATP main draw wins. And on the way to the title, he knocked out the top three seeds. In addition to beating Medvedev in the final, he edged Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, world number 9 in the semi-finals, and American Taylor Fritz, 14th, in the round of 16. He also passed Matthew Ebden on the debut and Hugo Gaston in the quarter-finals.

The last Dutchman to win the tournament was Sjeng Schalken, double champion in 2002 and 2003. Before him, Richard Krajicek won in 1994 and 1997. The last player outside the top 200 to win an ATP tournament was Argentinian Juan Manuel Cerundolo , winner on clay. in Cordoba last year, when he was ranked 335th.

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The moment @timvanrijthoven ended his dream week beating Medvedev for the #LibemaOpen Title! pic.twitter.com/KydUPSP9uF

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The perfect week will give Van Rijthoven a jump in the rankings. The projection on the official ATP website indicates that the Dutchman will win among the 110 best in the world with the 250 points won, which can be 106th or 107th, depending on the result of the Lyon challenger, and less than 40 points. an unprecedented place in the top 100.

Medvedev, meanwhile, made his second final of the year and remains untitled this season. He has 13 wins on the tour, most recently at the US Open last year. Playing on grass, he won the Mallorca ATP in 2021. This week’s Dutch tournament is one of the few tournaments of the season on grass with the presence of tennis players from Russia and Belarus. He was the tournament’s top seed and will return to the top of the standings, a position he held for three weeks earlier this year.