Dutch Open: Local wild card Tim van Rijthoven continues dream week to reach semis

Tim van Rijthoven defeated Hugo Gaston 7-6 [2], 6-4 on Friday and will play the winner of the match between Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 5 seed, and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the second seed, in the next round

Tennis Majors

June 10, 2022

Dutch wildcard Tim van Rijthoven continued his dream run by reaching the semi-finals of the Dutch Open with a straight sets win over Frenchman Hugo Gaston at the Autotron Rosmalen on Friday.

Ranked No 205 in the world, Rijthoven won 7-6 [2], 6-4 in one hour and 22 minutes. The Dutchman had never won an ATP level match prior to this week.

He will next meet either fifth seed Karen Khachanov, of Russia, or second seed Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, in the semis.

The semi-final result has assured Tim van Rijthoven of moving to the top 160 next week and he could get to the edge of the top 100 with a title in Rosmalen.

25yo Tim Van Rijthoven is having the best week of his career, beats Hugo Gaston 7-6(2), 6-4 to reach his first ATP semifinals in 's-Hertogenbosch.

Never lost more than one point per service game all match. Impressive.

#205 this week
With SFs: #153
With F: #139
With W: #105 pic.twitter.com/YMFSCJHNzv
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) June 10, 2022