24 apr 2024 om 20:08 Update: 7 uur geleden
Botic van de Zandschulp booked a nice victory at the Masters tournament in Madrid on Wednesday. The Veenendaler settled with Christopher Eubanks in the first round: 6-3 and 6-3. The victory under his old coach Peter Lucassen is a boost for Van de Zandschulp.
The 28-year-old Van de Zandschulp broke Eubanks three times in the first set and gave up his serve once. In the second company the Dutchman kept all his serves and only one break was sufficient.
The victory on the clay in Madrid will taste sweet for Van de Zandschulp. He had a lousy year, during which he struggled to find a permanent coach. In Madrid, his old coach Peter Lucassen was at his side again. The Veenendaler announced afterwards that Lucassen will continue to coach him for the rest of the season.
Van de Zandschulp ended up outside the top hundred of the ATP rankings for the first time in three years last week. Van de Zandschulp is now 115th, no less than 71 places lower than his American opponent Eubanks. In the second round he will meet Frenchman Ugo Humbert, who is fourteenth in the world rankings.
Tallon Greek Spoor will also be present in Madrid. The Dutch number 25 in the ATP rankings enters the second round just like Humbert. His opponent is the Japanese Taro Daniel (ATP-85), who won in his first round match against Aleksandar Vukic.
The tournament in Madrid is part of the prestigious Masters series. Last year the overall victory in the Spanish capital went to Carlos Alcaraz. The twenty-year-old Spaniard has to share the role of favorite this edition with the Italian Jannik Sinner. World ranking captain Novak Djokovic is not participating.
